A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Hakui in Japan. Global time and date of event 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 04:34:51 / May 9, 2025 @ 4:34 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000py5i. Event ids that are associated: us7000py5i. Exact location, longitude 136.4368° East, latitude 36.9082° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 04:34:51 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fukui-shi, Nyūzen, Katsuyama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Fukui-shi (c. 248 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Komatsu (c. 109 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Nanto-shi (c. 55 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 31 km W of Hakui, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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