Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Nemuro in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 145.3807 East, latitude 42.9801 North, depth = 59.226 km. 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 59.226 km (37 miles). Event id: us6000rimi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rimi. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/25 / 2025-10-22 09:17:34 / October 22, 2025 @ 9:17 am UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:17:34 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.3807° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.9801° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.226 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-22 09:17:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-22 09:31:07	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	416	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	117	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.906	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	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	us6000rimi	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rimi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rimi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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