Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Yokohama in Japan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Yokohama in Japan on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.607 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:17:42 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000rkqm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkqm. Exact location of earthquake, 142.418° East, 41.2222° North, depth 61.607 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 16:17:42 / December 25, 2025 @ 4:17 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 111 km (69 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Misawa, Mutsu.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km E of Yokohama, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.418° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.2222° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	61.607 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	99 km E of Yokohama, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-25 16:17:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-25 16:37:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	0	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	482	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.112	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us7000rkqm	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rkqm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rkqm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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