Just 13 minutes ago, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near Asahi, Asahi Shi, Chiba, Japan. The tremor was recorded early Thursday morning, October 8, 2026, at 4:13 a.m. local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 46. km below the surface.The event was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.8.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Yokoshiba (pop. 22,100), located 12 km from the epicenter; Sanmu (pop. 48,400), 15 km away; Asahi (pop. 64,700), 17 km away; Togane (pop. 66,300), 19 km away; Yachimata (pop. 68,800), 25 km away; Mobara (pop. 88,300), 31 km away; Narita (pop. 132,900), 33 km away; Chiba (pop. 979,800), 42 km away; Tokyo (pop. 9,733,300), 81 km away; and Yokohama (pop. 3,777,500), 86 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if they 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: Oct 8, 2026 04:13 a.m. (GMT +9) local time (7 Oct 2026 19:13 GMT)Magnitude: 5.0Hypocenter depth: 46.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 35.58°N / 140.58°E (Sambu-gun, Chiba, Japan)Primary data source: EMSC