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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Hiroo in Japan


Earthquake location 42.3744S, 143.0485WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hiroo in Japan on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 03:10:28 / July 28, 2025 @ 3:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:10:28 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qvjx. Unique identifier: us6000qvjx. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.072 km (38 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 143.0485° East, 42.3744° North, depth 61.072 km.

Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 22 km WNW of Hiroo, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.0485° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.3744° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.072 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km WNW of Hiroo, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-28 03:10:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-28 03:28:28 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 385 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 108 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.368 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us6000qvjx Id of event.
Event Code 6000qvjx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qvjx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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