Japan: what's happening right now?

Updated 29 Oct 2026, 23:20 UTC · automatically compiled from 15 sources

⚠ Partial travel warning German Federal Foreign Office, since 07/07/2026

In the last 72 hours our sources reported 27 events in Japan. Reports with similar content are bundled into one event; “independent” counts different wordings, so copies of the same agency report count once.

Current events

Measured data

• Earthquake M4.5 – 141 km E of Miyako, Japan · 6 h ago (USGS + EMSC)
• GDACS Earthquake – alert level Green

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