{"id":308364,"date":"2026-07-29T04:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308364\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:54:25","slug":"map-6-8-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308364\/","title":{"rendered":"Map: 6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as \u201cweak,\u201d though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. \u00a0All times on the map are Japan time. The New York Times<\/p>\n

A strong, 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Japan on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The temblor happened at 4:27 p.m. Japan time, data from the agency shows.<\/p>\n

Follow our coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake\u2019s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.<\/p>\n

Aftershocks detected <\/p>\n

Subsequent quakes have been reported in the same area. Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.<\/p>\n

Quakes and aftershocks within 100 miles <\/p>\n

Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after the first earthquake. These events can be of equal or larger magnitude to the initial earthquake, and they can continue to affect already damaged locations.<\/p>\n

When quakes and aftershocks occurred<\/p>\n

\u00a0All times are Japan time. The New York Times<\/p>\n

Sources: United States Geological Survey (epicenter, aftershocks, shake intensity); LandScan via Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population density) | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity<\/a> scale. When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Japan time. Shake data is as of Tuesday, July 28 at 1:25 p.m. Eastern. Aftershocks data is as of Wednesday, July 29 at 12:39 a.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as \u201cweak,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[825,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-308364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-japan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}