A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Wada in Japan. Exact location, longitude 140.1285° East, latitude 34.8189° North, depth = 51.969 km. The temblor was detected at 03:37:07 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 03:37:07 / October 3, 2025 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.969 km (32 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rj3u. Id of event: us6000rj3u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yachimata, Yotsukaidō, Ōiso. Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Fujisawa (c. 394 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 26 km SSE of Wada, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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