A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Honchō in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 142.9978° East, 42.2871° North, depth 63.212 km. Event id: us6000pzcp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzcp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:31:33 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 03:31:33 / March 8, 2025 @ 3:31 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.212 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 18 km NNE of Honchō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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