A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/25 / 2025-08-13 04:34:14 / August 13, 2025 @ 4:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:34:14 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 141.7557° East, 37.94° North, depth 69.722 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qu7c. Id of event: us7000qu7c. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.722 km (43 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kogota, Tomiya, Ōkawara.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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