Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Onagawa Chō in Japan

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Earthquake location 38.3686S, 142.1629W A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.41 km (28 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrw3. Id of event: us7000qrw3. Exact location, longitude 142.1629° East, latitude 38.3686° North, depth = 44.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 16:29:21 / August 29, 2025 @ 4:29 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:29:21 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomiya, Ichinoseki, Furukawa (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 63 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan.

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