A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Sakai in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 110.047 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:33:40 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 12:33:40 / April 1, 2025 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pp87. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pp87. Exact location of event, longitude 139.7958 East, latitude 36.0937 North, depth = 110.047 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hitachi, Hayama, Chigasaki (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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