Uploaded on June 26, 2026

Event Event time: 2026-06-25 07:30 (JST, JMA) Location: 40.2°N, 142.3°E (JMA) Depth: 44 km (JMA) Magnitude: Mj7.2 (JMA)

Information in our site

• Strong Ground Motions - Earthquake in Iwate Prefecture on June 25, 2026 (Mw6.9, Mj6.9) [in English](uploaded on June 26)
• Comparison with the Earthquake in Aomori Pref. on December 8, 2025 (Mw7.4, Mj7.5) [in English](uploaded on June 26)

Direct links

• M 6.9 - 30 km ENE of Kuji, Japan

Related institutions

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA

The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT, Wessel and Smith, Eos, 79, 579, 1998) was used to make the figure of the epicenter, which is from JMA (https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eventID=20260625074540&lang=jp). The magnitude and depth were updated (https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/press/2606/25b/nceq00.pdf). The land topography and ocean bathymetry are from GEBCO Compilation Group (2020, GEBCO 2020 Grid, doi:10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9).

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