Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Japan time. The ...

Japan absorbed two significant earthquakes on the same day Sunday, August 23, 2026 — first a magnitude 5.9 intraslab rupture that awakened millions of Tokyo-area residents at 2 a.m. and injured at ...

Tokyo and the eastern Kanto region were shaken at 2 a.m. Sunday by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake centered in southern Ibaraki Prefecture at a depth of 70 kilometers. There was no threat of a tsunami.

Evacuees rest in a shelter in Uki, Kumamoto prefecture on July 29, 2026, after an earthquake struck southwestern Japan the previous day. Philip FONG/gettyimages.com Japan absorbed two significant ...