A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Misawa in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.334 km (40 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rulk. Id of event: us6000rulk. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:59:43 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 64.334 km, 142.242° East, 41.0284° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/25 / 2025-12-13 05:59:43 / December 13, 2025 @ 5:59 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu, Hachinohe, Misawa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km ENE of Misawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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