Just 11 minutes ago, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck near Asahi, Asahi Shi, Chiba, Japan. The tremor was recorded in the early afternoon on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026, at 2:40 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 66. km below the surface.The event was reported by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also listed the quake at magnitude 5.1.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Asahi (pop. 64,700), located 10 km from the epicenter; Hasaki (pop. 39,200), 17 km away; Choshi (pop. 58,400), 17 km away; Sanmu (pop. 48,400), 25 km away; Togane (pop. 66,300), 31 km away; Katori-shi (pop. 74,500), 34 km away; Narita (pop. 132,900), 38 km away; Chiba (pop. 979,800), 52 km away; Tokyo (pop. 9,733,300), 90 km away; and Yokohama (pop. 3,777,500), 97 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake becomes 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: Nov 3, 2026 05:40 am (Universal Time) local time (3 Nov 2026 05:40 GMT)Magnitude: 5.0Hypocenter depth: 46.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 35.62°N / 140.56°E (Sambu-gun, Chiba, Japan)Primary data source: EMSC