A 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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