A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 68.104 km, 141.9194° East, 38.6269° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.104 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/25 / 2025-11-25 03:17:59 / November 25, 2025 @ 3:17 am. Event id: us6000rufs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rufs. The temblor was reported at 03:17:59 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rifu, Mizusawa, Shiogama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 45 km ENE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.

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