Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - Kyoto, 18 km southeast of Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan, on Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 11:52 pm (GMT +9) -
Updated: Tue, Aug 9, 2022 00:52 GMT -
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Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 362 km depth
6 Aug 14:59 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
6 Aug 15:11: Now using data updates from USGS
6 Aug 15:11: Now using data updates from USGS
Update Sat, 6 Aug 2022, 15:03
Moderate yet deep earthquake of magnitude 5.0 just reported 17 km northeast of Nara, Japan5.0 quake 17 km east of Nara, Japan, Aug 6, 2022 11:52 pm (GMT +9)
Just 10 minutes ago, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Nara, Nara-shi, Japan. The tremor was recorded late at night on Saturday, August 6th, 2022, at 11:52 pm local time, at a great depth of 368 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.0, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.0.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Ueno-ebisumachi (pop. 61,600, 14 km away), Nabari (pop. 88,100, 17 km away), Nara (pop. 367,400, 17 km away), Tenri (pop. 71,100, 22 km away), Uji (pop. 192,900, 23 km away), Ikoma (pop. 117,600, 26 km away), Sakurai (pop. 63,000, 29 km away), Kashihara-shi (pop. 124,500, 31 km away), and Osaka (pop. 2,592,400, 44 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.0, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.0.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Ueno-ebisumachi (pop. 61,600, 14 km away), Nabari (pop. 88,100, 17 km away), Nara (pop. 367,400, 17 km away), Tenri (pop. 71,100, 22 km away), Uji (pop. 192,900, 23 km away), Ikoma (pop. 117,600, 26 km away), Sakurai (pop. 63,000, 29 km away), Kashihara-shi (pop. 124,500, 31 km away), and Osaka (pop. 2,592,400, 44 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 6, 2022 14:52:34 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 11:52 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.6 |
| Depth | 361.7 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 34.8488°N / 135.9503°E  (Sōraku, Kyoto, Japan) |
| Antipode | 34.849°S / 44.05°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Haku-san (163 km / 101 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 14 km (9 mi) ESE of Uji (pop: 192,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) E of Tanabe (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Ōtsu (Shiga) (pop: 298,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) NE of Nara (pop: 367,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) E of Yawata (pop: 71,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) SE of Kyoto (pop: 1,459,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 44 km (28 mi) ENE of Osaka (Ōsaka) (pop: 2,592,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 352 km (219 mi) WSW of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  24.8°C (77 F), humidity: 97%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from E |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.6 | 362 km | Japan: Near South Coast of Western Honshu | USGS |
| 4.6 | 361 km | WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN | EMSC |
| 4.6 | 362 km | Japan: Near S. Coast of Western Honshu | RaspberryShake |
| 5.3 | 340 km | Japan: Near Ōsaka | RENASS |
| 5.5 | 370 km | Japan: SE SHIGA PREF | NIED |
| 5.0 | 368 km | 14 Km ESE of Uji, Japan | GFZ |
| 5.2 | 360 km | Japan: Near S. Coast of Western Honshu | GeoAu |
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