December 8, 2025 Earthquake: Misawa, Honshu, Japan

Date

December 8, 2025

Time

14:15:10 UTC

Place

Misawa, Honshu, Japan

Magnitude

7.6 (Mw)

Focal depth

45 km (28 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

41.003° N, 142.171° E

Country

Japan

Injuries

46

Damage

$600 million

Houses destroyed

1

Houses damaged

55

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• March 8, 1766, Hirosaki, JapanM6.9 · 1,700 deaths · 8,200 houses destroyed · 124 km
• July 31, 1640, Uchiura Bay, JapanM6.5 · 700 deaths · 20 houses destroyed · 172 km
• August 31, 1896, Senhoku, Ugo, Japan206 deaths · 5,911 houses destroyed · 149 km
• March 21, 1982, Hokkaido, Urakawa, Hiroo, JapanM6.7 · 110 deaths · $1 million · 129 km
• May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM8.2 · 52 deaths · $131 million · 1,218 houses destroyed · 89 km
• September 5, 2018, Hokkaido, JapanM6.6 · 44 deaths · $2 billion · 188 km
• March 4, 1952, Hokkaido, JapanM8.1 · 33 deaths · 2,422 houses destroyed · 189 km
• August 23, 1856, Oshima, JapanM8 · 26 deaths · 193 houses destroyed · 125 km
• August 9, 1901, Off Northeast Coast Honshu, JapanM8.2 · 18 deaths · 8 houses destroyed · 46 km
• February 8, 1793, Aomori, JapanM6.9 · 12 deaths · 164 houses destroyed · 187 km
• December 28, 1994, Honshu, JapanM7.8 · 3 deaths · $170.4 million · 118 km
• September 25, 2003, Hokkaido, JapanM8.3 · 2 deaths · $90 million · 171 km
• July 23, 2008, N, Honshu, JapanM6.8 · 1 death · 146 km
• February 10, 1945, Sanriku, Japan13 km
• March 11, 1763, N. Sanriku, JapanM7.8 · 28 km

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