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Major earthquake, 7.6 mag has occurred near Misawa in Japan

Posted by admin on December 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.9597S, 142.1852WA major earthquake with magnitude 7.6 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Misawa in Japan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.1852 East, latitude 40.9597 North, depth = 53.058 km. Unique identifier: us6000rtdt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtdt, at00t6yfla, pt25342050. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 14:15:11 / December 8, 2025 @ 2:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:15:11 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 53.058 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Misawa in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 122 km (76 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 151 km (94 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 150 km (93 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 147 km (92 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 148 km (92 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 139 km (87 miles) from Kuroishi (c. 38 600 pop), 146 km (91 miles) from Hanawa (c. 36 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Shimokizukuri, Hakodate (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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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: 73 km ENE of Misawa, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1852° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.9597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.058 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km ENE of Misawa, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-08 14:15:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-08 14:32:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 889 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,at,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 124 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.867 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rtdt Id of event.
Event Code 6000rtdt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rtdt,at00t6yfla,pt25342050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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