A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Shiranuka in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rdxu. Id of event: us7000rdxu. Exact location of event, longitude 144.2369 East, latitude 42.4681 North, depth = 79.145 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 16:43:57 / November 26, 2025 @ 4:43 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:43:57 / 4:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.145 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otofuke, Obihiro, Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 56 km SSE of Shiranuka, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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