M 6.7 in Japan on 15 May 2026 11:22 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 1540842
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 43.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.9127 , 142.2498
Event Date: 15 May 2026 11:22 UTC
15 May 2026 20:22 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 15 May 2026 11:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000sxwq Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0.07m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0.07m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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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)

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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 (90), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),