M 4.8 in Japan on 29 Jul 2026 20:16 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 1554953
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 11.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.4953 , 130.5159
Event Date: 29 Jul 2026 20:16 UTC
30 Jul 2026 05:16 Local
Exposed Population:
7 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 29 Jul 2026 22:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tgt4 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 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

Nissan and Daihatsu production still halted by Kumamoto earthquake 7/30/2026 8:07:00 AM.

Hiroshima City Waterworks Bureau staff fill a Japan Self-Defense Forces water supply truck in Uki, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 30. A major earthquake that struck the prefecture on July 28 continues to affect business operations. (Photo by
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UPDATE Death Toll From Japan Quake Rises to 28 Cabinet Secretary 7/30/2026 8:01:00 AM.

(Updates with information about casualties in paras 6-7, background in para 8) TOKYO, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll from the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto and related causes h
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Urgent: Death toll from Japan''s Kumamoto earthquake rises to 34 7/30/2026 8:01:00 AM.

TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan''s Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 34, the prefectural government said Thursday. Enditem...
Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll cli.. 7/30/2026 8:00:00 AM.

Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan''s southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday. The number of those missing was unclear. The quake left a
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),