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Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - 23 km east of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, on Sunday, Nov 20, 2022 at 6:17 pm (GMT +9) -

Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 53 km depth

20 Nov 09:24 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
20 Nov 09:38: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Sun, 20 Nov 2022, 09:30

Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.2 just reported 30 km southeast of Kushiro, Japan

5.2 quake 20 Nov 6:17 pm (GMT +9)

A moderately shallow magnitude 5.2 earthquake was reported early evening near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan.
According to Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), the quake hit on Sunday, November 20th, 2022, at 6:17 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 57.4 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.1, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.7, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.7.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Kushiro (pop. 183,600) located 30 km from the epicenter, Nemuro (pop. 31,200) 83 km away, Shibetsu (pop. 21,700) 89 km away, Motomachi (pop. 23,000) 114 km away, Kitami (pop. 113,100) 120 km away, Obihiro (pop. 173,900) 124 km away, Otofuke (pop. 40,900) 125 km away, and Abashiri (pop. 42,500) 129 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 20, 2022 09:17:24 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Nov 20, 2022 at 6:17 pm (GMT +9)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.9
Depth	53.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	42.9561°N / 144.6605°E (Kushiro-gun, Hokkaido, Japan)
Antipode	42.956°S / 35.34°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Mashu (62 km / 39 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	23 km (15 mi) E of Kushiro (pop: 183,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) WSW of Nemuro (pop: 31,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) SSW of Shibetsu (pop: 21,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 113 km (70 mi) SE of Kitami (pop: 113,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) E of Obihiro (pop: 173,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) E of Otofuke (pop: 40,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 270 km (167 mi) E of Sapporo (pop: 1,883,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 914 km (568 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 7.7°C (46 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	1.4 x 10¹² joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.

Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.9	53 km	Japan: OFF NEMURO PENINSULA	USGS
4.9	60 km	HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION	EMSC
4.9	53 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	RaspberryShake
5.0	65 km	Japan: Near Sapporo	RENASS
5.0	54 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	GFZ
5.2	57 km	23 Km E of Kushiro, Japan	NIED
4.9	10 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	IRIS
5.0	63 km	Hokkaido, Japan Region	GeoAu

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Erimo (JEM/JP network) | Distance from quake: 162 km / 100 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Erimo: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Кусиро / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / very short

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