M 5.5 in Japan on 16 Jun 2026 10:46 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 1546745
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 71.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9814 , 139.8371
Event Date: 16 Jun 2026 10:46 UTC
16 Jun 2026 19:46 Local
Exposed Population: 42 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2026 11:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000std7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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

Magnitude 5.5 quake jolts eastern Japan near Tokyo, no tsunami warning.. 6/17/2026 4:09:00 AM.

At 7:46 PM on June 16, 2026, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs in Ibaraki Prefecture, with shaking of maximum intensity lower 5 observed in surrounding areas. Ibaraki Prefecture is near Tokyo, and the entire Tokyo 23 wards also detect shaki
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On Tuesday, June 16, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck eastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported it occurred 50 kilometers underground. The quake disrupted transportation services, leading to the temporary suspension of some h
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Central Indonesia earthquake kills 1, injures dozens 6/16/2026 10:22:00 PM.

The tremor hit east-southeast of Palu on Sulawesi island at 10.27 am and was felt quite strongly in the area but did not pose a tsunami threat, according to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency. One person was killed
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Japan helps PHL quake response 6/16/2026 6:44:00 PM.

THE Japanese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday said Japan has been providing satellite imagery to support the Philippines’ response to the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao. In a statement, the embassy said the Japan Aerospace Explorat
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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),