Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 13 km NE of Teshikaga, Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Teshikaga in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.861 km (79 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 144.6264 East, latitude 43.5606 North, depth = 127.861 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:26:56 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/25 / 2025-06-29 11:26:56 / June 29, 2025 @ 11:26 am. Id of earthquake: us7000q9ia. Event ids that are associated: us7000q9ia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro, Kushiro, Kitami (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km NE of Teshikaga, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	144.6264° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.5606° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	127.861 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km NE of Teshikaga, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-29 11:26:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-29 13:44:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.574	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	143	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000q9ia	Id of event.
Event Code	7000q9ia	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000q9ia,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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