Overall Green Earthquake in Japan on 02 Jul 2025 06:26 UTC

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M 5.6 in Japan on 02 Jul 2025 06:26 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	29.2436 , 129.2443
Event Date:	02 Jul 2025 06:26 UTC 02 Jul 2025 15:26 Local
Exposed Population:	50 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source:	NEIC us7000qa5e
Inserted at:	02 Jul 2025 06:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000qa5e	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1646257		0	02 Jul 2025 06:26	5.6M, 10km	6.48	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Japan ,of Kyushu (population 13,296,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1646257	129.244/29.244	5.6	10	5.763	02 Jul 2025 06:52	00:25	(new episode)
2	1646257	129.244/29.244	5.6	10	5.75	02 Jul 2025 08:52	02:25	(upd of #1)
3	1646257	129.244/29.244	5.6	10	5.763	03 Jul 2025 14:01	1d 07:34	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Kyushu	Japan	18000 people
	Kyushu	Japan	51000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Kikai		6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	123 km
Amami O Shima	ASJ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	101 km
Tokunoshima	TKN	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	160 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Tokara Island		Japan	91 km

More information

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