M 5.5 in Japan on 01 Aug 2026 02:48 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 1555442
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 82.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.352 , 141.8958
Event Date: 01 Aug 2026 02:48 UTC
01 Aug 2026 11:48 Local
Exposed Population: 1.5 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2026 03:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000thdk 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, 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

Top Asian News 7:33 a.m. GMT 8/1/2026 7:43:00 AM.

Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34. YATSUSHIRO, Japan (AP) — Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or sleeping in
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Death toll from Japan earthquake climbs to 34 8/1/2026 7:40:00 AM.

Kumamoto (Japan), Jul 31 (AP): The death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan rose to 34, the Kumamoto prefectural government said Friday, as rescuers raced in last-ditch efforts to find survivors after the quake triggered
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5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Aomori coast 8/1/2026 6:42:00 AM.

A preliminary magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Saturday, according to the country''s weather agency. The temblor occurred at 11:48 a.m. local time off Aomori''s Pacific coast at a depth
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Xinhua Photo Daily | Aug. 1, 2026 8/1/2026 6:26:00 AM.

BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua. An aerial drone photo taken on July 30, 2026 shows a freight train of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor departing from Yuzui Station in Chongqing, sou
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),