M 4.5 in Japan on 19 Jun 2026 18:16 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 1547496
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 216.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.815 , 137.6686
Event Date: 19 Jun 2026 18:16 UTC
20 Jun 2026 03:16 Local
Exposed Population:
4 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 19 Jun 2026 18:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sunx 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

Building back better... (2) 6/22/2026 10:13:00 PM.

Buildings in the city that sustained huge cracks in their walls in the 2023 earthquake just crumbled, like piles of jagged concrete. In fairness to the city government, it has a functioning Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. It
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About parameter of the characteristic time scale in hereditary models .. 6/22/2026 4:08:00 PM.

P. P. Firstov and E. O. Makarov, Dynamics of subsurface radon in Kamchatka and strong earthquakes, Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, (2018). V. I. Ulomov, A. I. Zaharova, and N. V. Ulomova, “The Tashkent ear
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Il terremoto che ha colpito il Giappone nel 2011 è stato così potente .. 6/22/2026 3:58:00 PM.

Il catastrofico terremoto di Tohoku-Oki che ha colpito il Giappone nel 2011 è stato così forte da provocare uno “spostamento” dell’intero paese, in alcune zone fino a cinque o sei millimetri, secondo una nuova ricerca. Questa "osservazione
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Japan''s disaster recovery workers face growing mental health concerns 6/21/2026 9:49:00 PM.

They arrive to help rebuild homes, restore services and support devastated communities. But experts say local government employees dispatched to disaster-hit areas often face severe psychological strain themselves. Mental health support for
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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),