A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Shinmachi in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/25 / 2025-11-04 22:17:29 / November 4, 2025 @ 10:17 pm. Unique identifier: us6000rlid. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rlid. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:17:29 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.9678 East, latitude 34.77 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mobara, Kawaguchi, Ōhara.

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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 72 km SE of Shinmachi, Japan.

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