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Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 09:40 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 13 minutes ago, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Miyako, Miyako Shi, Iwate, Japan. The tremor was recorded early evening on Saturday, August 30th, 2025, at 6:26 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.2. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.
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 Yamada (pop. 15,200) located 43 km from the epicenter, Otsuchi (pop. 11,600) 47 km away, Miyako (pop. 51,200) 51 km away, Kamaishi (pop. 43,100) 52 km away, Ofunato (pop. 35,500) 73 km away, Tono (pop. 26,100) 79 km away, Rikuzen-Takata (pop. 18,300) 80 km away, and Morioka (pop. 290,700) 116 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience

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Date and TimeMag
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5.0

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4.8

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5.0

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4.7

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4.8

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4.8

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5.1

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4.7

10 km97 km (60 mi) to the NSouthern Mid-Atlantic Ridge InfoApr 3, 2018 05:51 am (GMT -1)

5.2

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5.5

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4.8

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5.1

10 km85 km (53 mi) to the W Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge InfoNov 22, 2012 01:39 am (GMT -1)

4.9

32 km41 km (26 mi) to the W Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge InfoSep 22, 2012 01:38 pm (GMT -1)

4.9

10 km83 km (52 mi) to the W Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge InfoOct 19,

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 22, 08:06 am (GMT +9)

4.5

68 km79 km (49 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 48 km southeast of Ofunato, Iwate, Japan InfoAug 22, 07:34 am (GMT +9)

5.7

50 km86 km (53 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 76 km northeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan 9 reportsInfoAug 1, 05:47 pm (GMT +10)

4.3

249 km57 km (35 mi) to the E North Pacific Ocean, 53 km east of Miyako, Iwate, Japan InfoJul 4, 04:56 pm (GMT +9)

4.2

57 km22 km (14 mi) to the N 3.7 km east of Miyako, Iwate, Japan InfoJul 4, 04:56 pm (GMT +9)

4.0

56 km18 km (11 mi) to the NE Japan: Northern Iwate Pref InfoJun 14, 07:47 pm (GMT +9)

5.0

55 km101 km (63 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 59 km east of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan 4 reportsInfoJun 2, 11:31 am (GMT +9)

4.7

35 km121 km (75 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 89 km east of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan InfoFeb 13, 06:04 am (GMT +9)

5.0

56 km120 km (74 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan 6 reportsInfoFeb 12, 11:37 pm (GMT +9)

4.8

81 km32 km (20 mi) to the SW 14 km southwest of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan 5 reportsInfoMar 16, 2022 11:36 pm (GMT +9)

7.3

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7.0

56 km195 km (121 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 89 km southeast of Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 472 reportsInfoApr 20, 2020 05:39 am (GMT +9)

6.3

53 km64 km

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 30, 05:18 am (GMT +12)

2.1

108 km772 km (480 mi) to the SW 9.7 km southeast of Taumarunui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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Aug 29, 11:39 pm (GMT +12)

2.3

17 km808 km (502 mi) to the SW 85 km northeast of Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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Aug 29, 11:06 pm (GMT +12)

2.5

30 km772 km (479 mi) to the SW 44 km west of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

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Aug 28, 11:04 pm (GMT +12)

3.2

29 km711 km (442 mi) to the SW 48 km north of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand  I FELT IT – 1 report

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Aug 28, 08:02 pm (GMT +12)

2.6

150 km724 km (450 mi) to the SW 39 km west of Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand

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Aug 28, 08:14 am (GMT +12)

2.7

5 km677 km (421 mi) to the SW 79 km southeast of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand  I FELT IT

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Aug 28, 01:40 am (GMT +12)

2.6

126 km686 km (426 mi) to the SW Bay of Plenty, 36 km north of Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand

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Aug 27, 01:38 pm (GMT +12)

2.7

265 km747 km (464 mi) to the SW New Zealand

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Dec 2, 2022 06:07 pm (Auckland)

5.4

157 km688 km (427 mi) to the SW New Zealand 38 reportsInfoNov 30, 2022 11:47 pm (Auckland)

5.6

5 km736 km (457 mi) to the SW 283 reportsInfoFeb 2, 2016 08:04 am (Auckland)

5.3

5.5 km692 km (430 mi) to the SW Bay of Plenty, 51 km east of Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand InfoDec 7, 2012 06:19 pm (Universal Time)

6.3

171 km685 km (426 mi) to the SW North Island, New Zealand 4 reportsInfoOct 17, 2012 11:42

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