A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Yamada in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:23:57 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qtr5. Unique identifier: us7000qtr5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.7934° East, latitude 39.2112° North, depth = 34.179 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.179 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 10:23:57 / September 4, 2025 @ 10:23 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōfunato, Miyako, Kamaishi (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km ESE of Yamada, Japan.

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