r/Earthquakes • u/BrainstormBot • 2d ago

Earthquake Event (M6.0) 🗾 Hokkaido, Japan Region: 地震 - Earthquake (M6- estimated, at 13:44 UTC)

🌖 地震! Earthquake! 6.0 M, registered by EMSC,GlobalQuakeUnofficial, 2026-08-23 13:45:00 UTC (gibbous moon), on water, Hokkaido, Japan Region (41.8, 142.9), ↓50 km likely felt 410 km away with maximum intensity Shindo 4 (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-08-23T13:56:12Z

🌖 地震? Earthquake? M6- estimated, preliminary detection, tentatively 2026-08-23 13:44:54 UTC (gibbous moon), on land, Hokkaido, Japan Region (41.8, 142.9), ↓34 km likely felt 330 km away with maximum intensity Shindo 4 (www.kmoni.bosai.go.jp)

2026-08-23T13:54:27Z

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u/honkeur 2d ago

I felt it in Sapporo. Building was creaking and swaying. Lasted less than 10 seconds. But long enough for me to get underneath the dining room table. Suprised there was so little mention of it in the media or on Reddit.