Before you travel to Japan: earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons in the last 31 days

Last 31 days (Sep 27–Oct 28), Tokyo · Osaka · Fukuoka · Sapporo (within 300 km): 29 earthquakes (largest M5.3), 23 volcano records, 0 tsunami alerts, 0 floods, 2 typhoons passing within 500 km, 1 armed-conflict reports. Counted from official observatory records and the GDELT news event list.

Area: Tokyo · Osaka · Fukuoka · Sapporo (within 300 km) Data as of 2026-10-28 11:12 KST

Earthquakes

Largest M5.3 · Oct 25

Volcano · ash advisories

Tsunami alerts

None recorded

Floods

None recorded

Wildfires

None recorded

Typhoons · within 500 km

CHAMPI-26

Armed-conflict reports

Machine-coded news event list (GDELT) — not a verified count

Not a forecast — these are events that have already been recorded. For travel safety, check your government's official travel advisory.

Mapone dot per record

EarthquakeVolcanoConflictTyphoon trackCounted area 300 km

Typhoons that passed2

CHAMPI-26

Closest approach 387 km · max wind 296 km/h

2026-10-14 – 2026-10-25

SURIGAE-26

Closest approach 439 km · max wind 241 km/h

2026-09-23 – 2026-09-30

Recent records15

Oct 28 11:06 KST · 223 km from the city
VolcanoSakurajima — 23 volcanic ash advisories (09/27~10/28)
Tokyo VAAC — Japan Meteorological Agency
Oct 28 10:15 KST · 6 km from the city
ConflictTokyo, Tokyo, Japan — 1 armed clash reports (10/28~10/28)
GDELT global events (machine-coded)
Oct 27 10:17 KST · 282 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.6 earthquake · 203 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 27 09:25 KST · 257 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.8 earthquake · 54 km E of Tomioka, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 25 08:59 KST · 240 km from the city
EarthquakeM5.3 earthquake · 44 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 21 23:40 KST · 117 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.7 earthquake · 33 km NE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 21 10:04 KST · 27 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.5 earthquake · 2 km N of Honchō, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 14 10:12 KST · 257 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.6 earthquake · 124 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+ (month)
Oct 12 13:07 KST · 247 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.5 earthquake · 53 km S of Kushiro, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 12 03:05 KST · 70 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.7 earthquake · 6 km ESE of Tōgane, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+
Oct 12 01:24 KST · 70 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.7 earthquake · 4 km SE of Narutō, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+ (month)
Oct 09 11:15 KST · 128 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.5 earthquake · 27 km E of Ōarai, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+ (month)
Oct 09 03:31 KST · 64 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.9 earthquake · 3 km WSW of Shibayama, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+ (month)
Oct 08 23:37 KST · 99 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.6 earthquake · 9 km NNE of Midori, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+ (month)
Oct 08 16:16 KST · 285 km from the city
EarthquakeM4.5 earthquake · 104 km E of Tomioka, Japan
USGS — earthquakes M4.5+ (month)

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Sources: USGS (earthquakes) · Tokyo VAAC · Smithsonian (volcanoes) · GDACS (typhoons, floods) · GDELT (conflict reports, machine-coded). Not a forecast — these are events that have already been recorded. For travel safety, check your government's official travel advisory. Open the world disaster map →