M 6.9 in Japan from 08 Aug 2024 07:42 UTC to 07:42

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1440985
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 33 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.8 , 131.7
Event Date: 08 Aug 2024 07:42 UTC
08 Aug 2024 16:42 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2024 07:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NTWC 0.2 0.1 0.2
at00shw2rm Scaled population (vector) 3.76 Max wave alert 0.13m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.13m  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.57      
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Japan - Earthquake (ECHO 14 Aug 2024)Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:36

  • An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 M at a depth of 25 km occurred on 8 August at 07:42 UTC (16:42 local time) in the sea at approximately 6 km east of the eastern coast of Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyushu Island, southern-central Japan). The epicentre was located approximately 13 km south-east of Miyazaki City.
  • At least 4 aftershocks up to 5.4 M hit the same area on 8 August.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 400,000 people were exposed to very strong and 777,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA), a total of 14 people have been injured of whom two in Kumamoto, eight in Miyazaki, and four in Kagoshima prefecture. In addition, one building has been destroyed and two others have been partially damaged.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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 (90), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),