A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 125 km E of Yamada, Japan (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/11/25 / 2025-11-08 22:15:08 / November 8, 2025 @ 10:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:15:08 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 143.4062 East, latitude 39.4925 North, depth = 19.236 km. Unique identifier: us6000rmaw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rmaw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.236 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km E of Yamada, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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