M 4.9 in Japan on 25 Jul 2025 02:17 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 1491928
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.7097 , 129.9993
Event Date: 25 Jul 2025 02:17 UTC
25 Jul 2025 11:17 Local
Exposed Population:
410 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 25 Jul 2025 02:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000quyy 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, 2025. 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

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 292 km south of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japa.. 7/28/2025 11:04:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Erimo , a town with 4,400 inhabitants in Japan , in 250 km (155 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the
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Volunteers repair damaged parts of Appalachian Trail by hand almost a .. 7/28/2025 12:43:00 PM.

UNICOI COUNTY, TN (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, known as a root ball, is roughly the size
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Volunteers repair damaged parts of Appalachian Trail almost a year aft.. 7/28/2025 11:38:00 AM.

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, known as a root ball, is roughly the si
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Chinese travellers make the rounds in Asia for high-profile events 7/28/2025 9:45:00 AM.

Jakarta, Indonesia: Oct 19 to 25. According to Trip.com, bookings on the platform to the Indonesian capital during this period have surged over 150 per cent year on year, as sports fans seek to cheer on gymnasts. The event is likely to attr
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),