M 5.5 in Japan on 12 Dec 2025 03:21 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1514690
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 45.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.028 , 142.8998
Event Date: 12 Dec 2025 03:21 UTC
12 Dec 2025 13:21 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 12 Dec 2025 03:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rucc Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Giappone trema ancora, terremoto 6.7 sulla costa: revocato allarme tsu.. 12/12/2025 6:47:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – Terremoto di magnitudo 6.7 oggi in Giappone, dove le autorità hanno revocato l’allarme tsunami che era scattato dopo che il sisma è stato registrato a largo delle coste settentrionali del Paese. L’agenzia meteorologica del Gia
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Giappone trema ancora, terremoto 6.7 sulla costa: revocato allarme tsu.. 12/12/2025 6:46:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – Terremoto di magnitudo 6.7 oggi in Giappone, dove le autorità hanno revocato l''allarme tsunami che era scattato dopo che il sisma è stato registrato a largo delle coste settentrionali del Paese. L''agenzia meteorologica del G
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Giappone trema ancora, terremoto 6.7 sulla costa: revocato allarme tsu.. 12/12/2025 6:45:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – Terremoto di magnitudo 6.7 oggi in Giappone, dove le autorità hanno revocato l’allarme tsunami che era scattato dopo che il sisma è stato registrato a largo delle coste settentrionali del Paese. L’agenzia meteorologica del Gia
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Another 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan’s northeast 12/12/2025 6:43:00 AM.

Japan issued a fresh tsunami advisory following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast. The quake, which occurred at 11.44am local time, prompted warnings to coastal areas of Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, and Miyagi of the potential
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),