A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hiroo in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6mb. Unique identifier: us6000q6mb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.147 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 22:16:31 / April 16, 2025 @ 10:16 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:16:31 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 143.0352 East, latitude 42.3267 North, depth = 65.147 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km WNW of Hiroo, Japan.
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