M6.8 earthquake in Japan on November 9, 2025

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck on November 9, 2025 at 08:03 UTC. According to USGS the epicenter was 122 km east of Yamada, at a depth of 18 km. It was a shallow quake, and shallow quakes are usually felt most strongly at the surface.

6.8magnitude

18 kmdepth

08:03time UTC

greenUSGS alert

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Key facts

26 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

Ōshū (Japan)194 km
Ichinoseki (Japan)204 km
Ishinomaki (Japan)215 km
Ōsaki (Japan)230 km
Hirosaki (Japan)276 km

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Aftershocks

Since then USGS has recorded 169 quakes of magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km, the strongest M7.4.

M7.4 · Apr 20, 07:52 UTC61 km
M6.9 · Jun 24, 22:30 UTC133 km
M6.7 · May 15, 11:22 UTC122 km
M6.5 · Mar 26, 14:18 UTC5 km
M6.4 · Nov 9, 08:54 UTC6 km
M6.0 · Jul 1, 12:08 UTC113 km
M6.0 · Apr 20, 07:56 UTC39 km
M6.0 · Dec 31, 14:26 UTC79 km

Regional history

Since 1976 there have been 181 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 300 km. The strongest was M9.1 (March 11, 2011).

M9.1 · March 11, 2011158 km
M8.2 · September 25, 2003263 km
M7.8 · December 28, 1994116 km
M7.7 · June 12, 1978185 km
M7.7 · March 11, 2011190 km