M 6.9 in Japan on 24 Jun 2026 22:30 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 1548381
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 50.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.2912 , 142.0981
Event Date: 24 Jun 2026 22:30 UTC
25 Jun 2026 07:30 Local
Exposed Population: 330 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 25 Jun 2026 01:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000t7zq Scaled population (raster) 1.49 Max wave alert 0.07m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.07m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.57      
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 (5), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),