M6.7 earthquake in Japan on December 12, 2025

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck on December 12, 2025 at 02:44 UTC. According to USGS the epicenter was 117 km northeast of Kuji, at a depth of 19 km. It was a shallow quake, and shallow quakes are usually felt most strongly at the surface.

6.7magnitude

19 kmdepth

02:44time UTC

greenUSGS alert

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Key facts

21 people reported feeling it to USGS. The USGS PAGER system issued a green alert, expecting little impact. USGS flagged the event as an oceanic-region earthquake. Regional tsunami warning centers publish any tsunami information.

Nearest cities

Hirosaki (Japan)200 km
Tomakomai (Japan)219 km
Obihiro (Japan)228 km
Ōshū (Japan)240 km
Ichinoseki (Japan)262 km

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Aftershocks

Since then USGS has recorded 131 quakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km, the strongest M7.4.

M7.4 · Apr 20, 07:52 UTC104 km
M6.9 · Jun 24, 22:30 UTC88 km
M6.0 · Aug 23, 13:44 UTC107 km
M6.0 · Jul 1, 12:08 UTC82 km
M6.0 · Apr 20, 07:56 UTC127 km
M6.0 · Dec 31, 14:26 UTC87 km
M5.8 · Jun 27, 20:21 UTC78 km
M5.6 · Dec 25, 16:17 UTC46 km

Regional history

Since 1976 there have been 149 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 300 km. The strongest was M9.1 (March 11, 2011).

M9.1 · March 11, 2011291 km
M8.2 · September 25, 2003138 km
M7.8 · December 28, 199465 km
M7.6 · December 8, 202554 km
M7.6 · January 15, 1993278 km