M 4.7 in Japan on 03 Jun 2026 19:02 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 1544046
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 161.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.7153 , 129.4691
Event Date: 03 Jun 2026 19:02 UTC
04 Jun 2026 04:02 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 03 Jun 2026 19:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sqdn 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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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

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5.0-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan -- GFZ 6/6/2026 9:38:00 PM.

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1852 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 56.5 km, was initially de
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5.0-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Honshu, Japan -- GFZ 6/6/2026 9:36:00 PM.

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1852 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 56.5 km, was initially de
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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),