A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6984 East, latitude 37.2553 North, depth = 44.24 km. The temblor was reported at 16:51:00 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrw7. Id of event: us7000qrw7. 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 16:51:00 / August 29, 2025 @ 4:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.24 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Funehikimachi-funehiki, Kitaibaraki, Iwaki (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 61 km E of Tomioka, Japan.

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