Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes near Hachinohe, Hachinohe Shi, Aomori, Japan

Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported a magnitude 5.3 quake in Japan near Hachinohe, Hachinohe Shi, Aomori, only 9 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the afternoon on Saturday, March 8th, 2025, at 4:12 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 30.60 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Noda (pop. 4,200) located 54 km from the epicenter, Kuji (pop. 34,400) 58 km away, Miyako (pop. 51,700) 69 km away, Yamada (pop. 15,200) 85 km away, Hachinohe (pop. 239,000) 90 km away, Ichinohe (pop. 15,800) 99 km away, and Morioka (pop. 290,700) 121 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Mar 8, 2025 04:12 pm (GMT +9) local time (8 Mar 2025 07:12 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 30.60 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 40.13°N / 142.45°E (Japan)
Primary data source: NIED
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