M 5.6 in Japan on 20 Apr 2026 08:32 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 1536392
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000057-JPN
Depth: 24.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.6393 , 143.2591
Event Date: 20 Apr 2026 08:32 UTC
20 Apr 2026 18:32 Local
Exposed Population: 2.2 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 20 Apr 2026 08:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000srih Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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

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TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains largely uncontained, with the burned area expanding to nearly 1,200 hectares as of 6 a.m. local time Friday, local media reported. Since breaking out on
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TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains largely uncontained, with the burned area expanding to nearly 1,200 hectares as of 6 a.m. local time Friday, local media reported. Since breaking out on
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),