M 7.1 in Japan from 28 Jul 2026 07:27 UTC to 07:28

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1554552
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.1M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000135-JPN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6 , 130.7
Event Date: 28 Jul 2026 07:28 UTC
28 Jul 2026 16:28 Local
Exposed Population: 350 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2026 07:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)
Tsunami GDACS score
PTWC 0.4 0.2 0.4
pt26209004 Scaled population (vector) 4.38 Max wave alert 0.27m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.27m  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.57      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
M6.8 in Japan - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 29 Jul 2026 17:51

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
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)

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