A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.002 km (29 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qkml. Unique identifier: us6000qkml. The temblor was detected at 11:40:40 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 46.002 km, 144.4403° East, 42.2673° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 11:40:40 / May 31, 2025 @ 11:40 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km S of Kushiro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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