M 5.6 in Japan on 09 Nov 2025 08:34 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 1509475
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.4641 , 143.4138
Event Date: 09 Nov 2025 08:34 UTC
09 Nov 2025 18:34 Local
Exposed Population: 1.3 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 09 Nov 2025 08:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rmeh Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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

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(File photo) TOKYO – Tsunami waves up to 20-centimeter high reached the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Sunday afternoon following an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9. The earthquake occurred at a dep
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Sleepless in Japan? PM Sanae Takaichi''s 3 am meeting sparks backlash .. 11/13/2025 2:55:00 AM.

CCTV images showed Ms Takaichi leaving her private residence in Tokyo in the early hours on Friday to review briefing papers ahead of a 9 am parliamentary budget session. The meeting reportedly lasted nearly three hours and involved several
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Large-scale geolocation data reveal evacuation behaviour during the 20.. 11/12/2025 9:04:00 PM.

Return from evacuation sites. We extended the time range of the analysis to 6 h before and after the origin time to examine long-term behaviour after the emergency evacuation (Fig. 4 ). We focused on behaviours in Toyama and Niigata since t
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tele-net America Corporation: TELE-NET Demonstrates Emergency Readines.. 11/12/2025 2:03:00 PM.

After a 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Struck Cebu, TELE-NET''s Swift Action, Team Coordination and Contributions to Broader Safety Efforts Reflected the Strength of Its Operational Culture. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA / ACCESS Newswire / November 12, 2025
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),