A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. Event id: us6000rw6m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rw6m. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.985 East, latitude 42.7295 North, depth = 39.776 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.776 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:30:32 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 12:30:32 / December 20, 2025 @ 12:30 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 73 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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