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Time2025-07-04 21:29:39 UTC2025-07-04 21:29:39 UTC at epicenterLocation29.348°N 129.269°EDepth10.00 km (6.21 mi)
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Background:
Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America’s 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano.
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian
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Fri, 4 Jul 2025, 21:40 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred only 9 minutes ago 111 km north of Naze, Japan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 28. km beneath the epicenter near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan, early morning on Saturday, July 5th, 2025, at 6:29 am 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.
A second report was later issued by France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS), which listed it as a magnitude 5.3 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.4, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.4.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
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 101 km from the epicenter, and Naze (pop.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 5, 03:44 am (GMT +9)
4.7
10 km22 km (14 mi) to the E East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 37 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT InfoJul 5, 03:02 am (GMT +9)
4.5
30 km14 km (8.7 mi) to the NE East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 40 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT – 1 reportInfoJul 5, 02:58 am (GMT +9)
4.7
10 km27 km (17 mi) to the E East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 37 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT – 1 reportInfoJul 4, 06:20 pm (GMT +9)
4.7
10 km17 km (10.8 mi) to the E East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 37 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT InfoJul 4, 12:20 pm (GMT +9)
4.5
10 km5.8 km (3.6 mi) to the E East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 50 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT InfoJul 3, 04:13 pm (GMT +9)
5.5
10 km14 km (8.9 mi) to the NE East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 39 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT InfoJul 2, 03:26 pm (GMT +9)
5.6
10 km12 km (7.4 mi) to the S East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 63 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT InfoJun 29, 10:15 am (GMT +9)
5.4
10 km12 km (7.7 mi) to the E East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 45 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT IT InfoJun 24, 04:04 pm (GMT +9)
5.3
10 km5.6 km (3.5 mi) to the E East China Sea, Kagoshima-ken, 50 km southwest of Suwanose-jima Island, Japan I FELT
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