A magnitude 5.7 earthquake at 24.173 km depth occurred in Japan at 04:52 UTC on 9 November 2026. The source reports potential MMI IV effects for 230,000 people.
Illustrative image: The Japan Meteorological Agency released the first images from the Himawari 8 satellite on 18 December 2014 at 11:40 Japan Standard Time, including this true-color composite image of the Earth. To make the picture closer to human beings’ colour vision but keep most of details, some enhancements are applied. Lighten Shadows: 30% Channels: Green– Green 90% / Blue– Red -5% Blue 90% Exposure: 25% Levels: Black 10% — Himawari 8 satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (enhanced by Meow )/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake at a depth of 38.081 km was reported in Japan at 16:04 UTC on 7 November 2026. The source reports 630,000 potentially affected at MMI V and gives coordinates 34.8611, 137.691.
USGS reported a magnitude 5.5 earthquake 10 km northwest of Hamakita, Japan, at the supplied coordinates (34.8611, 137.691). The report lists 58 felt reports and a tsunami flag of 0.
USGS reports a magnitude 6.1 earthquake 144 km southeast of Hasaki, Japan, at 34.9677, 142.1175, with a depth of 29 km. The source records 34 felt reports and a community-reported intensity of CDI 4.2.
Illustrative image: This visible image from NOAA's GOES-11 satellite shows a lot of action in the atmosphere between the U.S. and Mexico. From cloud streets to hurricanes, to massive low pressure areas, the GOES-11 satellite captured it all in one view from space today while looking at the western U.S. This GOES-11 image was created by the NASA/NOAA GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. using data from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-11. GOES-11 is in a — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
The source reports THIRTYONE-26 active in the Northwest Pacific on November 6, 2026, with Japan listed as affected and an estimated 986 people exposed to Category 1 winds or higher. The alert level is Green.
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