Contrasting offshore and onshore strong ground motions from the 2025 Mw 7.6 Aomori subduction interface earthquake: Characteristics and model evaluation
On December 8, 2025, an Mw 7.6 subduction interface earthquake occurred off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, representing the largest-magnitude event recorded to date by the Seafloor Observation Network for Earthquakes and Tsunamis (S-net). Using a dataset comprising 84 offshore and 418 onshore strong-motion reco...