A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 145.2259 East, latitude 43.3664 North, depth = 103.529 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcg1. Unique identifier: us7000pcg1. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.529 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:55:50 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 06:55:50 / February 9, 2025 @ 6:55 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Kushiro, Shibetsu. Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 28 km W of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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