Japan was shaken near Sendai, Sendai Shi, Miyagi, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 only 9 minutes ago, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported.The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 60.10 km beneath the epicenter near Sendai, Sendai Shi, Miyagi, Japan, late at night on Thursday, June 5th, 2025, at 11:51 pm 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.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6.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 Minami-Soma (pop. 59,000) located 71 km from the epicenter, Ishinomaki (pop. 138,500) 86 km away, Watari (pop. 33,500) 87 km away, Iwanuma (pop. 43,900) 90 km away, Higashimatsushima (pop. 39,100) 91 km away, Shiogama (pop. 52,700) 91 km away, Kakuda (pop. 33,200) 92 km away, Rifu (pop. 36,000) 96 km away, and Sendai (pop. 1,096,700) 99 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jun 5, 2025 11:51 pm (GMT +9) local time (5 Jun 2025 14:51 GMT)Magnitude: 5.0Depth: 55.53 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 37.78°N / 141.96°E (Japan)Primary data source: RENASS