M 6.8 in Japan on 28 Jul 2026 07:27 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1554552
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000135-JPN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6817 , 130.7217
Event Date: 28 Jul 2026 07:27 UTC
28 Jul 2026 16:27 Local
Exposed Population: 1.2 million (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2026 07:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1 0.1 1
us6000tgb9 Scaled population (raster) 6.36 Max wave alert 0.18m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.18m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.57      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
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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

Japón contabiliza por ahora 13 muertos por el terremoto que llegó a ac.. 7/29/2026 8:18:00 AM.

Al menos trece personas han fallecido a causa del fuerte terremoto que sacudió ayer Japón , al que siguió otro temblor también de magnitud importante , y que obligó inicialmente a activar una alarma por riesgo de tsunami que posteriormente
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China expresses mourning for victims in Japan''s Kumamoto earthquake 7/29/2026 8:17:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- China expresses mourning for lives lost and sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured in the earthquake that recently hit Japan''s Kumamoto Prefecture, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said here
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After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan''s shopping mall disaster 7/29/2026 8:17:00 AM.

Debris is strewn at the damaged Aeon Mall shopping centre, where an explosion occurred after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan''s southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Kashima Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, July 29, 2026. REU
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Japan''s Kumamoto earthquake leaves 12 dead, 6 in cardiac arrest 7/29/2026 8:16:00 AM.

TOKYO, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people have been confirmed dead following a powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, while six others remain in cardiac arrest, local media reported Wednesday, citing the lat
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (6), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),