M 5.7 in Japan on 08 Mar 2026 13:17 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1528022
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 16 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.4377 , 143.2346
Event Date: 08 Mar 2026 13:17 UTC
08 Mar 2026 23:17 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 08 Mar 2026 13:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s2z5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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JR East develops anti-quake device to lower shinkansen derailment risk.. 3/10/2026 1:20:00 PM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),