A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kushiro in Japan. Exact location, longitude 144.5869° East, latitude 42.2387° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 08:37:15 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qh1r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qh1r. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 08:37:15 / May 31, 2025 @ 8:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan.
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