A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tateyama in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.5716 East, latitude 34.5305 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 11:08:21 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qtu9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtu9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 11:08:21 / August 10, 2025 @ 11:08 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimitsu, Fujisawa, Ninomiya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Fujisawa (c. 394 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Hiratsuka (c. 259 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chigasaki (c. 231 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Numazu (c. 204 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Odawara (c. 203 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km SSW of Tateyama, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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