Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes Near Hunchun, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China

Sat, 25 Oct 2025, 11:58 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred only 12 minutes ago 64 km northeast of Hunchun, China, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a great depth of 548. km beneath the epicenter near Hunchun, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China, early evening on Saturday, October 25th, 2025, at 7:45 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 France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.2, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.2.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Hunchun (pop. 77,000) located 64 km from the epicenter, Aoji (pop. 34,200) 83 km away, Undok (pop. 89,200) 87 km away, Artyom (pop. 102,300) 95 km away, Sonbong (pop. 27,300) 98 km away, Tumen (pop. 78,700) 102 km away, Wangqing (pop. 88,700) 112 km away, and Yanji (pop. 327,000) 131 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.

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Date & time: Oct 25, 2025 07:45 pm (GMT +8) local time (25 Oct 2025 11:45 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 548.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 43.07°N / 131.09°E (Yanbian Chaoxianzu Zizhizhou, Jilin, China)
Primary data source: EMSC