M5.7 Earthquake Strikes off Hasaki, Japan

As of 08:10 UTC on Nov. 9, 2026, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put a magnitude 5.7 earthquake 106 kilometers east-northeast of Hasaki, Japan, at 04:52 UTC (1:52 p.m. local time) Nov. 9, 2026, at a depth of 24 kilometers.

Eleven people reported feeling the quake, USGS said, as of that same reading. Its PAGER estimate, current as of 08:10 UTC on Nov. 9, 2026, put the likelihood of casualties and damage as low, and put about 176,000 people in the zone of light shaking and about 236,000 in the zone of weak shaking.