A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Yawatahama in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 11:17:52 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 47.109 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47.109 km, 132.2038° East, 33.3154° North. Global time and date of event 03/06/25 / 2025-06-03 11:17:52 / June 3, 2025 @ 11:17 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qhm7. Id of event: us6000qhm7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nobeoka, Iwakuni, Hōjō (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Iwakuni (c. 104 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tokuyama (c. 101 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km SW of Yawatahama, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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