M 4.7 in Japan on 28 Jul 2026 12:26 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 1554637
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000135-JPN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6443 , 130.7799
Event Date: 28 Jul 2026 12:26 UTC
28 Jul 2026 21:26 Local
Exposed Population:
220 thousand in MMI>=V
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2026 14:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tgcq 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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Meteo assessment
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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

Media, ''sisma Giappone, ponte parzialmente crollato a Kumamoto'' 7/30/2026 9:53:00 AM.

Un ponte nella zona di Kumamoto è parzialmente crollato a causa del terremoto che ha colpito il Giappone . La notizia è riportata da Sky News , che pubblica una foto di Reuters dove è visibile una corsia separata della struttura sott''acqua
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Inside Japan''s quake-hit Kumamoto as rescuers race against time 7/30/2026 9:51:00 AM.

This photo taken on July 30, 2026 shows damaged houses in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng) TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Two days after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, rescue operatio
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Inside Japan''s quake-hit Kumamoto as rescuers race against time 7/30/2026 9:50:00 AM.

This photo taken on July 30, 2026 shows damaged houses in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng) TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Two days after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, rescue operatio
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Twenty-five cats escape Japan mall damaged by quake 7/30/2026 9:47:00 AM.

KUMAMOTO: Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said Thursday, triggering huge relief on social media. Momo, Kohaku, Tango, Shandy—a fluffy Nor
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),