A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 130 kilometers (81 miles) from Kuji in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/25 / 2025-12-12 02:44:12 / December 12, 2025 @ 2:44 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kuji in Japan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 143° East, latitude 40.9° North, depth = 16 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:44:12 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt25346000, at00t74y9q. Unique identifier: at00t74y9q.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hachinohe. Epicenter of the event was 134 km (83 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop).
There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 130 km NE of Kuji, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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