A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 240 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan (149 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rix2. Unique identifier: us6000rix2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:01:57 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 23:01:57 / October 1, 2025 @ 11:01 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.1022 East, latitude 37.8913 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 240 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.

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