A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Obama in Japan on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 135.6562 East, latitude 35.3964 North, depth = 357.338 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/12/25 / 2025-12-26 21:09:36 / December 26, 2025 @ 9:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:09:36 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 357.338 km (222 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkxy. Unique identifier: us7000rkxy.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matsubara, Sakai, Tenri. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kobe (c. 1 528 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Kyoto (c. 1 459 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sakai (c. 782 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Amagasaki (c. 442 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km SW of Obama, Japan.

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