A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Tomioka in Japan on Thursday. Event id: us6000rp6l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp6l. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.1066 East, latitude 37.2072 North, depth = 51.068 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:55:21 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 07:55:21 / October 30, 2025 @ 7:55 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.068 km (32 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watari, Kakuda, Marumori (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km SSE of Tomioka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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