A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Urakawa in Japan on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us6000rvfq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rvfq. Exact location of event, depth 53.306 km, 142.4114° East, 41.307° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.306 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:18 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/25 / 2025-12-17 09:50:18 / December 17, 2025 @ 9:50 am.
The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 99 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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