A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qu6b. Unique identifier: us7000qu6b. Exact location of earthquake, 144.5311° East, 42.2906° North, depth 40.468 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 13:08:38 / August 12, 2025 @ 1:08 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:08:38 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.468 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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