A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Honchō in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 143.0192 East, latitude 42.2924 North, depth = 65.211 km. Unique identifier: us6000px82. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000px82. The temblor was detected at 22:22:11 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.211 km (41 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 22:22:11 / February 25, 2025 @ 10:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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