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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kushiro in Japan


Earthquake location 42.3067S, 144.4564WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kushiro in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 14:47:02 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 144.4564 East, latitude 42.3067 North, depth = 47.344 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qh38. Id of event: us6000qh38. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.344 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 14:47:02 / May 31, 2025 @ 2:47 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 74 km S of Kushiro, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.4564° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.3067° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.344 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km S 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 2025-05-31 14:47:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-31 16:00:49 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 298 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.009 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us6000qh38 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qh38 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qh38, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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