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M6.8 earthquake, Japan, 2025-11-09

MagnitudeM6.8mww

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Depth18 km

Time (UTC)2025-11-09 08:03

Rank in 202524 / 145among M6+

Rank since 19002520 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×16approx.

122 km E of Yamada, Japan · 39.48, 143.38

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.5 2025-11-09	2025-11-09 08:11	10 km	110 km E of Yamada, Japan
M5.9 2025-11-09	2025-11-09 08:14	10 km	125 km E of Yamada, Japan
M5.6 2025-11-09	2025-11-09 08:34	10 km	124 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.4 2025-11-09	2025-11-09 08:54	10 km	117 km E of Yamada, Japan
M5.7 2025-11-09	2025-11-09 09:28	10 km	129 km E of Miyako, Japan
M6.0 2025-11-10	2025-11-10 07:23	11 km	129 km E of Yamada, Japan
M5.5 2025-11-21	2025-11-21 12:22	11 km	133 km E of Miyako, Japan

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2011 M9.1M9.1

1933 M8.4M8.4

1968 M8.2M8.2

2003 M8.2M8.2

1952 M8.1M8.1

1960 M8.0M8.0

1931 M7.9M7.9

1968 M7.9M7.9

1994 M7.8M7.8

1919 M7.7M7.7

1938 M7.7M7.7

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2024-04-04	2024-04-04 03:16	29 km	77 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan
M6.0 2023-03-28	2023-03-28 09:18	37 km	Hokkaido, Japan region
M7.3 2022-03-16	2022-03-16 14:36	41 km	57 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.0 2022-03-16	2022-03-16 14:34	57 km	62 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.0 2021-05-13	2021-05-13 23:58	32 km	76 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.9 2021-05-01	2021-05-01 01:27	43 km	30 km SSE of Onagawa Ch?, Japan
M7.0 2021-03-20	2021-03-20 09:09	43 km	30 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan
M7.1 2021-02-13	2021-02-13 14:07	44 km	73 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.3 2020-12-20	2020-12-20 17:23	35 km	100 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan
M6.1 2020-09-12	2020-09-12 02:44	34 km	58 km SE of ?funato, Japan

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.