A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ami in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/25 / 2025-12-12 10:05:19 / December 12, 2025 @ 10:05 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000rue0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rue0. Exact location of earthquake, 140.2301° East, 36.0804° North, depth 56.218 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.218 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:05:19 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tamamura, Yokosuka, Zama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNE of Ami, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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