A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 102 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan (63 miles). Exact location, longitude 142.0025° East, latitude 36.8325° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 21:14:51 / May 4, 2025 @ 9:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:14:51 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000px58. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000px58. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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