According to official measurements by the China Earthquake Network, at 22:15 Beijing time on December 8, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in the waters off eastern Honshu in Japan. The depth of the earthquake was 50 kilometers. According to He Xinlei, the general station's correspondent in Japan, several staff members at a hotel in Aomori Prefecture have now been injured due to the earthquake.

According to official measurements by the China Earthquake Network, at 22:15 Beijing time on December 8, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in the waters off eastern Honshu in Japan. The depth of the earthquake was 50 kilometers. According to He Xinlei, the general station's correspondent in Japan, several staff members at a hotel in Aomori Prefecture have now been injured due to the earthquake.