Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.0 just reported 114 km north of Naze, Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred only 15 minutes ago 114 km north of Naze, Japan, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan, early afternoon on Thursday, July 3rd, 2025, at 3:18 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 Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.
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 105 km from the epicenter, and Naze (pop. 41,400) 114 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jul 3, 2025 03:18 pm (GMT +9) local time (3 Jul 2025 06:18 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 29.39°N / 129.58°E (Kagoshima-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan)
Primary data source: GFZ
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