A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Takahama in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 19:04:06 / October 20, 2025 @ 7:04 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 135.4838 East, latitude 35.4058 North, depth = 359.663 km. The temblor was detected at 19:04:06 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 359.663 km (223 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ricg. Unique identifier: us6000ricg.

Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kobe (c. 1 528 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kyoto (c. 1 459 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sakai (c. 782 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Himeji (c. 481 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Amagasaki (c. 442 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sakurai, Haibara-akanedai, Kishiwada. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSW of Takahama, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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