M 6.5 in Japan on 26 Mar 2026 14:18 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 1531192
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 9.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.4462 , 143.3717
Event Date: 26 Mar 2026 14:18 UTC
27 Mar 2026 00:18 Local
Exposed Population: 1.6 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2026 14:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.2 0.2
us7000s7u4 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0.23m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0.23m  
  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)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4), CALTECH (1),