Significant magnitude 5.0 earthquake 112 km north of Naze, Japan

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, at 4:04 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.2.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Tatsugo (pop. 6,000) located 103 km from the epicenter, and Naze (pop. 41,400) 112 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jun 24, 2025 04:04 pm (GMT +9) local time (24 Jun 2025 07:04 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 28.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 29.4°N / 129.6°E (Kagoshima-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan)
Primary data source: EMSC
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