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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 29 km NW of Hakui, Japan

Posted by admin on December 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.0918S, 136.5865WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hakui in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.5865 East, latitude 37.0918 North, depth = 29.14 km. The temblor was reported at 14:26:53 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/12/25 / 2025-12-14 14:26:53 / December 14, 2025 @ 2:26 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.14 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rutf. Unique identifier: us6000rutf.

The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Komatsu (c. 109 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Nanto-shi (c. 55 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mikuni, Nyūzen, Kamiichi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km NW of Hakui, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 136.5865° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0918° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km NW of Hakui, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-14 14:26:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-14 14:44:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rutf Id of event.
Event Code 6000rutf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rutf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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