A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.005 km (33 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpyp. Id of event: us6000rpyp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/25 / 2025-11-23 16:16:04 / November 23, 2025 @ 4:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 53.005 km, 145.8479° East, 42.6901° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:16:04 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan.
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