A 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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