A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nakashibetsu in Japan. Global time and date of event 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 15:16:56 / January 13, 2025 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:16:56 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000plv4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000plv4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 145.444 km (90 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.9 East, latitude 43.6653 North, depth = 145.444 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Kitami (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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