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A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Japan at 16:04 UTC on 7 November 2026, with GDACS estimating 630,000 people exposed to MMI V shaking. The quake had a depth of about 38 kilometres, according to GDACS Disaster Alerts, which rates the event green. The feed reports no damage or casualties. It is separate from an earlier magnitude 5.5 earthquake in Japan that day at 11:07 UTC, which GDACS said exposed about 1.8 million people to MMI IV shaking.