A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Bando, Bandō Shi, Ibaraki, Japan, was reported only 9 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 50. km beneath the epicenter in the evening on Friday, September 5th, 2025, at 9:00 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.Our monitoring service identified a second report from Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.3.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Bando (pop. 57,100) located 4 km from the epicenter, Iwai (pop. 42,500) 6 km away, Joso (pop. 60,800) 9 km away, Koga (pop. 139,300) 19 km away, Tsukuba (pop. 241,700) 20 km away, Tsukuba (pop. 175,600) 21 km away, Chikusei (pop. 100,800) 25 km away, Tokyo (pop. 8,336,600) 49 km away, Mito (pop. 270,700) 57 km away, and Yokohama (pop. 3,761,600) 78 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Sep 5, 2025 09:00 pm (GMT +9) local time (5 Sep 2025 12:00 GMT)Magnitude: 4.3Depth: 50.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 36.1°N / 139.9°E (Bando Shi, Ibaraki, Japan)Primary data source: EMSC