A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/25 / 2025-12-21 01:29:03 / December 21, 2025 @ 1:29 am. The temblor was detected at 01:29:03 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rw94. Id of event: us6000rw94. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.354 km (34 miles). Exact location of event, depth 55.354 km, 142.0989° East, 40.7769° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu, Ichinohe, Misawa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.
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