M 5.7 in Japan on 02 May 2026 09:28 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 1538608
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 59.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.107 , 135.4857
Event Date: 02 May 2026 09:28 UTC
02 May 2026 18:28 Local
Exposed Population: 310 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 02 May 2026 09:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000shs2 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near.. 5/2/2026 12:55:00 PM.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Nara Prefecture, Japan, early Saturday, May 2, 2026, recording a maximum seismic intensity of 4. The quake, occurring at a depth of 70 kilometers, was felt across Kyoto, Osaka, and Wakayama prefectures, tho
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5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Nara, Japan; No Tsunami Warning Issue.. 5/2/2026 12:09:00 PM.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Nara Prefecture, Japan, early Saturday, May 2, 2026, recording a maximum seismic intensity of 4. The quake, occurring at a depth of 70 kilometers, was felt across Kyoto, Osaka, and Wakayama prefectures, tho
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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan''s Nara Prefecture, says JMA 5/2/2026 12:07:00 PM.

A TV in Tokyo, Japan, shows a screen displaying data about a 5.7-magnitude earthquake that has struck Nara Prefecture. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck Nara Prefecture in western Japan on Saturday, the country''s wea
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M5.7 earthquake jolts western Japan, no tsunami warning issued 5/2/2026 11:06:00 AM.

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted western Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the country''s weather agency said. The quake, which struck at 6:28 p.m., registered 4 on the Japanese seismic i
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),