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Tue, 3 Jun 2025, 13:31 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred only 12 minutes ago 50 km southeast of Hiroo, Japan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 40. km beneath the epicenter near Hiroo, Hiroo-gun, Hokkaido, Japan, late at night on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025, at 10:18 pm local time. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.3, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.4.
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 Erimo (pop. 4,400) located 37 km from the epicenter, Hiroo (pop. 7,200) 50
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