Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Tatsugō in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 101 km N of Tatsugō, Japan (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qaqh. Event ids that are associated: us7000qaqh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:44:36 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 129.4948 East, latitude 29.3584 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/25 / 2025-07-04 18:44:36 / July 4, 2025 @ 6:44 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 101 km N of Tatsugō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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