A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.917 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/07/25 / 2025-07-09 03:39:50 / July 9, 2025 @ 3:39 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:39:50 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qbi2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbi2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.0589 East, latitude 43.3479 North, depth = 119.917 km.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 39 km E of Nemuro, Japan.
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