A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The temblor was detected at 12:58:54 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.9807° East, 42.724° North, depth 42.955 km. Unique identifier: us6000rw6s. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rw6s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.955 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 12:58:54 / December 20, 2025 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 74 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan.

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