A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Shiraoi in Japan on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkrn. Unique identifier: us6000rkrn. Global time and date of event 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 06:13:42 / October 12, 2025 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 130.202 km (81 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.2242 East, latitude 42.6807 North, depth = 130.202 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:13:42 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bibai, Iwamizawa, Yoichi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km NW of Shiraoi, Japan.
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