A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Hiroo in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.1695 East, latitude 42.2865 North, depth = 60.497 km. The temblor was detected at 08:47:44 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000q1ib. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1ib. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.497 km (38 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 08:47:44 / May 26, 2025 @ 8:47 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km W of Hiroo, Japan.
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