A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:36:07 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rpgr. Event ids that are associated: us6000rpgr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 23:36:07 / November 20, 2025 @ 11:36 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.25 km (75 miles). Exact location, longitude 124.8355° East, latitude 25.6353° North, depth = 120.25 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 104 km (64 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 103 km NNW of Hirara, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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