A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4819 East, latitude 25.9012 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000reiq. Unique identifier: us6000reiq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/25 / 2025-09-10 12:15:15 / September 10, 2025 @ 12:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:15:15 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishikawa, Naha-shi, Tomigusuku (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 77 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan.

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