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Sun, 9 Nov 2025, 00:31 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Yamada, Shimohei-gun, Iwate, Japan, was reported only 13 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 20. km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Sunday, November 9th, 2025, at 10:17 am local time. 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.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.3, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.2.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
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 115 km from

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Sat, 8 Nov 2025, 23:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 8 Nov 2025

Summary: 8 quakes 5.0+, 52 quakes 4.0+, 149 quakes 3.0+, 303 quakes 2.0+ (512 total)
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 52 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 149 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 303 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 7.1 x 1013 joules (19.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 16898 tons of TNT or 1.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.6 South Pacific Ocean, 94 km east of Namuka Island, Eastern, FijiSaturday, Nov 8, 2025, at 04:15 pm (GMT +12) – #2: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 195 km east of Morioka, Iwate, JapanSunday, Nov 9, 2025, at 08:15 am (GMT +10) – #3: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, 189 km east of Morioka, Iwate, JapanSunday, Nov 9, 2025, at 07:04 am (GMT +10) – #4: Mag 5.3 North Pacific Ocean, 184 km east of Morioka, Iwate, JapanSunday, Nov 9, 2025, at 06:29 am (GMT +10) – #5: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 203 km east of Morioka, Iwate, JapanSunday, Nov 9, 2025, at 08:26 am (GMT +10) – #6: Mag 5.0 Southern Mid-Atlantic RidgeFriday, Nov 7, 2025, at 10:21 pm (GMT -1) – #7: Mag 5.0 South Pacific Ocean,

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