A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Monday. Global time and date of event 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 22:17:25 / April 14, 2025 @ 10:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 146.0844° East, latitude 43.1298° North, depth = 70.452 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q624. Unique identifier: us6000q624. The temblor was detected at 22:17:25 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.452 km (44 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Nemuro.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan.
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