A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Iwaki in Japan on Thursday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:56 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.833 km, 141.1412° East, 37.0685° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.833 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 08:00:56 / October 30, 2025 @ 8:00 am. Unique identifier: us6000rkc1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkc1.

Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fukushima-shi, Katsuta, Hitachi-Naka (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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

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