Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 88 km NE of Hirara, Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday near Hirara, Japan. The temblor has occurred at 04:02:34/4:02 am (UTC/GMT) at a depth of 47.164 km (29 miles). How would you describe the shaking?

Jan 26, 2025 - 10:00

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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 88 km NE of Hirara, Japan

Earthquake location 25.3453S, 125.9508W A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Hirara in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 04:02:34 / January 1, 2025 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 125.9508° East, latitude 25.3453° North, depth = 47.164 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:34 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.164 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pgs3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgs3.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara.

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

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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. 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: 88 km NE of Hirara, Japan.