A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from China in Japan. The temblor was detected at 23:28:06 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000r1iy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1iy. Exact location of event, depth 46.462 km, 128.3046° East, 27.3133° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.462 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 23:28:06 / August 15, 2025 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nago (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km W of China, Japan.

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