A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Urakawa in Japan. Event id: us7000resx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000resx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.556 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/25 / 2025-12-01 00:48:00 / December 1, 2025 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:48:00 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.5397 East, latitude 42.1226 North, depth = 46.556 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomakomai, Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km W of Urakawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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