A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kushiro in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 08:49:45 / May 31, 2025 @ 8:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qh1w. Id of event: us6000qh1w. The temblor was reported at 08:49:45 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 144.6401° East, latitude 42.2729° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan.
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