M 4.9 in Japan on 12 Dec 2025 10:05 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 1514730
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 56.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.0804 , 140.2301
Event Date: 12 Dec 2025 10:05 UTC
12 Dec 2025 19:05 Local
Exposed Population:
160 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 12 Dec 2025 10:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rue0 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

‘Should we relocate everyone to the moon?’ asks SC as plea flags earth.. 12/12/2025 12:07:00 PM.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea that had raised concerns about 75 per cent of India’s population being situated in high seismic zones and how the court should mandate measures to safeguard the citizens against earthquake risks.
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A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern.. 12/12/2025 11:53:00 AM.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday’s quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Hons
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Should we relocate everyone to moon, SC asks while dismissing plea on .. 12/12/2025 11:48:00 AM.

NEW DELHI: "So we should relocate everyone to the moon or where?" the Supreme Court asked on Friday while dismissing a petition which said 75 per cent of India''s population is in a high seismic zone and sought directions to the authorities
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Japan Lifts Tsunami Warning After Magnitude 6.7 Quake 12/12/2025 11:37:00 AM.

A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Friday, the weather office said, days after an even larger tremor shook the region and injured at least 50. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded Friday’s quake to ma
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),