A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Teshikaga in Japan on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 135.491 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:58:21 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pz6b. Event ids that are associated: us6000pz6b. Exact location of event, depth 135.491 km, 144.3216° East, 43.3146° North. Global time and date of event 16/03/25 / 2025-03-16 14:58:21 / March 16, 2025 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abashiri, Shibetsu, Kitami (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 23 km SW of Teshikaga, Japan.

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