Kumamoto Earthquake 2026
July 28 – July 29, 2026 Updated 2 days ago
Every published chapter of The Fold's coverage of Kumamoto Earthquake 2026, in one place — oldest to newest, updated as the story develops.
Kumamoto earthquake: Japan puts 354,000 people under its highest evacuation orders as two agencies differ on the magnitude
A Shindo 7 quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at 16:27 local time. Japan’s fire agency had 354,284 people under its two highest evacuation levels by midnight, with rescues still running at a collapsed building.
Kumamoto earthquake: Japan’s fire agency confirms three deaths and says 13 more are under investigation
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s seventeenth bulletin puts the verified toll at three, names the two towns, and then records separately that Kumamoto fire departments are reporting 13 further deaths not yet counted. Both numbers are in the same three-page document.