Powerful earthquake in Japan
Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 1315828380.
- Where
- Kumamoto, JapanSomewhere in Kumamoto, Japan — the exact site is unknown. The coordinate is an area centre, not the event site.
- When
- Occurrence date not stated by reporting
- Sourcing
- 8 articlesverification: corroborated
- Satellite observability
- observableOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.
What imagery could confirm
- damaged buildings ~10m at Kumamoto, Japan
What remains unresolved
coordinate_not_search_readygeneric_region_coordinatequality_not_passedgeo_not_ready
Sources
- Japan earthquake: 13 dead, several missing after powerful tremors hit the country2026-07-29
- Japan quake toll reaches 13 as rescue efforts continue2026-07-29
- Japan quake toll rises to 13 as rescuers haul people from collapsed mall2026-07-29
- At least 13 killed in Japan earthquake as rescuers find survivors2026-07-29
- Japan hit by powerful earthquake; search for survivors continues2026-07-29
- Over a dozen killed after 7.1-magnitude quake strikes southwestern Japan2026-07-29
- Japan: At least 13 killed in earthquake as rescuers race to find others trapped in rubble2026-07-29
- Death Toll Rises to 25 After 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake in Japan2026-07-30
Related events
- Magnitude-7.1 earthquake in JapanReads as another report of the same occurrence — the wording matches this event 82%, at the same point, the same day. It was filed as a separate event, so the two were never grouped. · 2026-07-29
- Major Earthquake in JapanReads as another report of the same occurrence — the wording matches this event 80%, at the same point, 1 day apart. It was filed as a separate event, so the two were never grouped. · 2026-07-28
- Japan EarthquakeGrouped into the same event cluster — a separate report of the same occurrence, not a separate event. · 2026-07-29
Reproduce over the API (free endpoint)
bash
curl "https://offnadir-delta.com/api/v1/events/1315828380/thread" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ond_YOUR_API_KEY"For situational awareness only — not for tracking or targeting individuals. Every claim above links to its reporting; satellite fields are the same values the API serves.