Significant 5.0 quake hits near Tsukuba, Tsukuba Shi, Ibaraki, Japan

Just 9 minutes ago, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Tsukuba, Tsukuba Shi, Ibaraki, Japan. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, at 10:06 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 56. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
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 Ishige (pop. 24,900) located 3 km from the epicenter, Shimo-tsuma (pop. 42,500) 5 km away, Bando (pop. 57,100) 11 km away, Joso (pop. 60,800) 12 km away, Tsukuba (pop. 175,600) 15 km away, Tsukuba (pop. 241,700) 17 km away, Chikusei (pop. 100,800) 20 km away, Mito (pop. 270,700) 51 km away, Tokyo (pop. 9,733,300) 55 km away, and Yokohama (pop. 3,777,500) 83 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Apr 1, 2026 10:06 am (GMT +9) local time (1 Apr 2026 01:06 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 56.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.14°N / 139.94°E (Shimotsuma Shi, Ibaraki, Japan)
Primary data source: EMSC
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