A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. A tsunami warning has been issued near Hachinohe in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.678 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10.678 km, 142.7451° East, 40.9175° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:44:11 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/25 / 2025-12-12 02:44:11 / December 12, 2025 @ 2:44 am. Event id: us6000ruc4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25346000, at00t74y9q, us6000ruc4.
The epicenter was 115 km (71 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 135 km (84 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu, Misawa, Hachinohe. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 114 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.
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