A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.3547 East, latitude 42.2575 North, depth = 45.02 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:35:57 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.02 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 20:35:57 / June 6, 2025 @ 8:35 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qijq. Id of event: us6000qijq.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

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 eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km S of Kushiro, Japan.

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