A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ichihara in Japan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 140.0365° East, 35.4889° North, depth 78.048 km. Unique identifier: us7000quw6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000quw6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.048 km (48 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:53:02 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 23:53:02 / September 8, 2025 @ 11:53 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Okunoya, Ogawa, Oyama.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Ichihara, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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