A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 222 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan (138 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:40:52 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 17:40:52 / October 1, 2025 @ 5:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000re2j. Unique identifier: us6000re2j. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.9288 East, latitude 37.9951 North, depth = 10 km.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 222 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.

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