Kumamoto Earthquake
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Kyushu killed at least 13 people, left others missing and displaced thousands as rescue operations continued.
Severity score
13.4
Limited · default weighting
Trajectory
Worsening
What this is
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Japan's Kumamoto region, destroying homes and reportedly killing at least 13 people. More than 9,000 residents were evacuated.
The available headline does not give a supported estimate of total people affected or economic damage.
Score breakdown
Each factor is a 0–100 relative severity index, not the raw figure or a specific time period. The actual counts and periods are listed under "Standardized Impact" on the right.
Loss of life
6Direct and attributable mortality, normalised across annual and cumulative tolls.
Lives negatively impacted
12People displaced, injured, food-insecure, exposed or otherwise materially harmed.
Financial cost
17Direct damage, lost output and health-system spend attributable to the event.
Environmental impact
9Emissions, habitat and biodiversity loss, contamination and irreversibility.
Trajectory
38Whether the situation is escalating, and how much worse it is plausibly getting.
Recent coverage
- 03 Aug 2026bbc.comJapan in a 'race against time' to rescue people trapped ...
- 30 Jul 2026youtube.comJapan Earthquake: At Least 13 Dead After Quake Destroys ...
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