Overall Green Earthquake in Japan on 28 Jul 2026 07:27 UTC

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M 6.8 in Japan on 28 Jul 2026 07:27 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 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	0.8		0.1		0.8
us6000tgb9	Scaled population (raster)	5.76	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

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Séisme au Japon: plusieurs dizaines de blessés, des personnes piégées .. 7/28/2026 11:47:00 AM.

Le mur extérieur d''un commerce s''est effondré dans la ville de Kumamoto, après le séisme de magnitude 7,1 qui a frappé le sud du Japon, le 28 juillet 2026 • STR. Un puissant séisme a secoué mardi le sud-ouest du Japon, causant plusieurs d

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“Alerta ante más terremotos”: surgen videos tras fuerte remezón en Jap.. 7/28/2026 11:47:00 AM.

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Urgent: Explosion at Kumamoto mall in southwestern Japan leaves people.. 7/28/2026 11:45:00 AM.

TOKYO, July 28 (Xinhua) -- An explosion struck a large shopping center in Kashima Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Tuesday, leaving multiple people trapped and injured, after a powerful earthquake hit the region earlier, public broadcaster NHK

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« Je ne pouvais pas rester debout » : un puissant séisme a frappé le s.. 7/28/2026 11:45:00 AM.

Un puissant séisme de magnitude 7,1 a secoué le sud du Japon ce mardi, déclenchant une alerte au tsunami et atteignant le niveau maximal d’intensité sismique selon les autorités locales. Un fort séisme de magnitude 7,1 a secoué mardi le su

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),

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