Sunday, Nov 30, 2025 17:34 | 54 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Japan was shaken near Ishinomaki, Ishinomaki Shi, Miyagi, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 only 7 minutes ago, Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 57.50 km beneath the epicenter near Ishinomaki, Ishinomaki Shi, Miyagi, Japan, early morning on Monday, December 1st, 2025, at 2:25 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.
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 Ishinomaki (pop. 140,200) located 52 km from the epicenter, Shiogama (pop. 52,700) 70 km away, Tagajo-shi (pop. 62,800) 73 km away, Tome (pop. 77,900) 81 km away, Natori-shi (pop. 78,700) 83 km away, Sendai (pop. 1,096,700) 84 km away, Sendai (pop. 1,096,700) 84 km away, and Osaki (pop. 128,800) 86 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: Dec 1, 2025 02:25 am (GMT +9) local time (30 Nov 2025 17:25 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 57.50 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.2°N / 141.83°E 
(Ishinomaki Shi, Miyagi, Japan)
Primary data source: NIED
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