A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 22:50:27 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.0537° East, 43.2342° North, depth 63.975 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r0c8. Event ids that are associated: us6000r0c8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.975 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/25 / 2025-08-12 22:50:27 / August 12, 2025 @ 10:50 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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