A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Furubira in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/03/25 / 2025-03-10 00:51:37 / March 10, 2025 @ 12:51 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:37 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pxvk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxvk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 203.939 km, 139.7958° East, 43.4556° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 203.939 km (127 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otaru, Yoichi, Iwanai. Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yoichi (c. 22 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Iwanai (c. 15 600 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km WNW of Furubira, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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