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Sun, 20 Apr 2025, 06:25 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 13 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Chiba, Chiba Shi, Japan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Sunday, April 20th, 2025, at 3:11 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 80. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
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 4.6. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.2.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Yachimata (pop. 68,800) located 6 km from the epicenter, Togane (pop. 66,300) 8 km away, Oami (pop. 53,200) 9 km away, Yotsukaido (pop. 95,300) 13 km away, Sakura (pop. 173,700) 14 km away, Chiba (pop. 979,800) 17 km away, Narita (pop. 132,900) 20 km away, Ichihara (pop. 283,500) 22 km away, Tokyo (pop. 8,336,600) 56 km away, and Yokohama (pop. 3,761,600) 62 km away.

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Sun, 20 Apr 2025, 06:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 20 Apr 2025

Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 41 quakes 4.0+, 152 quakes 3.0+, 345 quakes 2.0+ (545 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 41 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 152 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 345 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 1 x 1014 joules (28.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 24503 tons of TNT or 1.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.1 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.9 Celebes Sea, 96 km southwest of Surallah, PhilippinesSunday, Apr 20, 2025, at 12:11 am (GMT +8) – #2: Mag 5.7 Badakhshan, AfghanistanSaturday, Apr 19, 2025, at 11:17 am (GMT +4:30) – #3: Mag 5.3 South Pacific Ocean, 241 km southwest of Apia, Tuamasaga, SamoaSunday, Apr 20, 2025, at 05:55 am (GMT +13) – #4: Mag 5.2 Celebes Sea, 97 km southwest of Banga, PhilippinesSunday, Apr 20, 2025, at 01:37 am (GMT +8) – #5: Mag 5.2 Celebes Sea, 93 km southwest of Banga, PhilippinesSunday, Apr 20, 2025, at 12:50 am (GMT +8) – #6: Mag 5.2 23 km southwest of Tingo Maria, Huanuco, PeruSaturday, Apr 19, 2025, at 06:56 am (Lima time) – #7: Mag 5.1 Central Mid-Atlantic RidgeSaturday, Apr 19, 2025, at

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