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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Nemuro in Japan

Posted by admin on December 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 42.724S, 145.9807WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The temblor was detected at 12:58:54 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.9807° East, 42.724° North, depth 42.955 km. Unique identifier: us6000rw6s. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rw6s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.955 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 12:58:54 / December 20, 2025 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 74 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.9807° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.724° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.955 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-20 12:58:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-20 13:13:25 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 416 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.209 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us6000rw6s Id of event.
Event Code 6000rw6s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rw6s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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