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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 28 km SE of Kushiro, Japan

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Earthquake location 42.7921S, 144.6143WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Kushiro in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 13:15:29 / May 16, 2025 @ 1:15 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.634 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:15:29 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pzk2. Event ids that are associated: us7000pzk2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.6143 East, latitude 42.7921 North, depth = 56.634 km.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SE of Kushiro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.6143° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.7921° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.634 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SE of Kushiro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-16 13:15:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-16 13:40:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.981 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pzk2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzk2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzk2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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