A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ōtaki in Japan. Event id: us7000rfk8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rfk8. The temblor was reported at 07:03:24 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 68.858 km, 140.2222° East, 35.31° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/25 / 2025-11-16 07:03:24 / November 16, 2025 @ 7:03 am. 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 68.858 km (43 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishige, Sugito, Ageoshimo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 3 km NW of Ōtaki, Japan.

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