A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qkmn. Unique identifier: us6000qkmn. Exact location of earthquake, 144.4608° East, 42.3146° North, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 08:44:00 / May 31, 2025 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:44:00 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 73 km S of Kushiro, Japan.
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