A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Biratori in Japan. Exact location, longitude 142.4525° East, latitude 42.6991° North, depth = 128.06 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0lx. Id of event: us6000r0lx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.06 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:31:34 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 07:31:34 / August 14, 2025 @ 7:31 am.
Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashibetsu, Shiraoi, Ebetsu.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km ENE of Biratori, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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