A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Honchō in Japan. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:34:34 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rkrj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkrj. Exact location of event, depth 59.296 km, 143.0413° East, 42.2408° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 03:34:34 / October 12, 2025 @ 3:34 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.296 km (37 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NE of Honchō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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