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2025 Aomori Earthquake
8 December 2025 · Honshu, Misawa · Japan
On 8 December 2025 at 14:15 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Misawa), at a depth of 45 km. It occurred on the Okhotsk Plate, 192 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. 1 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 8 December 2025
- Time
- 14:15 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 45 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Injuries
- 46
- Homes Destroyed
- 1
- Homes Damaged
- 55
- Estimated Damage
- 600 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Osorezan (93 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20032003 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.32 deaths
- 19941994 Offshore Sanriku Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19681968 Tokachi Earthquake · M 8.252 deaths
- 1952Hokkaido · M 8.133 deaths
- 19331933 Sanriku Earthquake · M 8.43,022 deaths
- 1931Near E Coast Honshu · M 7.7
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 8.218 deaths
- 19011901 Aomori-ken Toho-oki Earthquake · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth