Earthquake — Japan: Kumamoto

When

28 Jul 2026

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.8

Where

Japan

Coordinates

32.68° N, 130.72° E

Deaths

38

Injuries

364

Houses destroyed

3539

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

10

Fatal disaster in southern Japan

On 28 July 2026 at approximately 16:27:15 JST, an earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan with a magnitude of Mww 6.8 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi), later revised to 16 km (9.9 mi). At least 38 people were killed and more than 368 were injured.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake strikes Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan with a magnitude of () at a depth of 10 km, killing at least 30 and injuring over 60.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Kumamoto, (Japón) sucede un terremoto; fallecen más de 38 personas y otras 387 resultaron heridas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本熊本县發生地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page