A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Yuza in Japan on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 22:01:10 / July 21, 2025 @ 10:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.458 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.8246 East, latitude 39.1389 North, depth = 128.458 km. Event id: us6000qu0n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qu0n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:01:10 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sagae, Higashine, Tennō. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Sakata (c. 100 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tsuruoka (c. 99 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Higashine (c. 45 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Sagae (c. 43 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Shinjō (c. 41 100 pop).
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km NNW of Yuza, Japan.
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