A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 09:09:47 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 09:09:47 / December 9, 2025 @ 9:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 142.3273 East, latitude 41.2881 North, depth = 60.498 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.498 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000rtld. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rtld.
The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Misawa, Mutsu. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km E of Mutsu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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