M 5.5 in Japan on 15 Aug 2026 19:32 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 1558582
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 40 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.4461 , 142.7868
Event Date: 15 Aug 2026 19:32 UTC
16 Aug 2026 05:32 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2026 19:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tl36 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

Terremoto in Indonesia, 47 morti e 2mila sfollati. Caccia ai dispersi 8/16/2026 7:13:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – Si continua a scavare tra le macerie in Indonesia, in cerca dei dispersi e con la speranza di trovare sopravvissuti dopo le scosse di terremoto, la più alta di magnitudo 7.7 della scala Richter, che hanno causato la morte di a
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Il violento terremoto in Indonesia, almeno 48 morti: si cercano i disp.. 8/16/2026 7:07:00 AM.

Si continua a scavare tra le macerie in Indonesia, in cerca dei dispersi e con la speranza di trovare sopravvissuti dopo le scosse di terremoto , la più alta di magnitudo 7.7 della scala Richter, che hanno causato la morte di almeno 48 pers
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Il violento terremoto in Indonesia, almeno 48 morti: si cercano i disp.. 8/16/2026 7:06:00 AM.

Si continua a scavare tra le macerie in Indonesia, in cerca dei dispersi e con la speranza di trovare sopravvissuti dopo le scosse di terremoto , la più alta di magnitudo 7.7 della scala Richter, che hanno causato la morte di almeno 48 pers
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Aid begins arriving for people hit by Indonesia earthquake who are ''s.. 8/16/2026 6:58:00 AM.

HELP STARTED ARRIVING on Sunday for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia’s Flores island after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings. Some 5,000 people fled their homes as the 7.7-
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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),