deaths reported
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported the official toll for Kumamoto Prefecture on 11 August.
Japan earthquake appeal · Published 29 July 2026 · Updated 11 August 2026
Emergency response continues
Kumamoto needs urgent support after a powerful earthquake.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kyushu on 28 July. On 11 August, Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 39 deaths, 353 injured people and 10,781 damaged homes in Kumamoto Prefecture.
The emergency in numbers
A major earthquake has hit Kumamoto
These official totals were published by Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency at 16:00 JST on 11 August. Rapid assessments can change as authorities verify further reports.
people injured
The official Kumamoto total reached 353 injured people in the 11 August assessment.
homes damaged
Officials recorded 1,133 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 8,603 partially damaged homes in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Why help now
Aftershocks and housing damage keep needs urgent
On 11 August, official evacuation instructions covered 103,922 households and 219,027 people in Kumamoto Prefecture. Authorities had addressed all 64 reported rescue incidents, but aftershocks and widespread housing damage continued to complicate recovery.
Japanese relief organisations including AAR Japan, Peace Boat Disaster Relief and Japan Heart opened emergency fundraising or support activity on 28 July. Japan Platform began an emergency response and field needs assessment on 29 July, confirming that relief activity is expanding while authorities assess the full impact.
Early information changes quickly. AidWorkers.com will keep claims dated and attributed, avoid unverified totals, and update this page when material facts are confirmed.
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Crisis timeline
How the earthquake response has developed
Verified events are kept in reverse chronological order. Older entries remain visible so changes in the emergency can be followed over time.
For a fuller report, read our Kumamoto earthquake news report.
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Official assessment reaches 10,781 damaged homes in Kumamoto
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency recorded 39 deaths and 353 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture. Officials listed 10,781 damaged homes: 1,133 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 8,603 partially damaged. Across all listed prefectures, the agency recorded 357 injured people and 10,789 damaged homes. Evacuation instructions continued to cover 103,922 households and 219,027 people. All 11 reported fires were extinguished and all 64 rescue incidents had been addressed.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 49
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Official assessment reaches 9,620 damaged homes in Kumamoto
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 39 deaths and 172 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture. Officials recorded 9,620 damaged homes: 699 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 7,876 partially damaged. Evacuation instructions continued to cover 103,922 households and 219,027 people. Across all listed prefectures, the agency recorded 176 injured people and 9,628 damaged homes. All 11 reported fires were extinguished and all 64 rescue incidents had been addressed.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 48
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Official assessment reaches 9,366 damaged homes in Kumamoto
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 39 deaths and 169 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture. Officials recorded 9,366 damaged homes: 699 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 7,622 partially damaged. Evacuation instructions continued to cover 103,922 households and 219,027 people. Across all listed prefectures, the agency recorded 173 injured people and 9,374 damaged homes. All 11 reported fires were extinguished and all 64 rescue incidents had been addressed.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 47
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Official assessment reaches 39 deaths and 8,907 damaged homes in Kumamoto
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 39 deaths and 166 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture. Officials recorded 8,907 damaged homes: 699 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 7,163 partially damaged. Evacuation instructions covered 103,922 households and 219,027 people. Across all listed prefectures, the agency recorded 170 injured people and 8,915 damaged homes.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 46
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Official assessment reaches 8,599 damaged homes
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 38 deaths and 155 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture. Officials recorded 8,599 damaged homes: 699 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 6,855 partially damaged. Evacuation instructions continued to cover 108,307 households and 228,736 people across two municipalities.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 45
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Official damage assessment rises sharply
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 38 deaths and 146 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture, including 21 serious and 125 minor injuries. Officials recorded 8,376 damaged homes: 699 destroyed, 1,045 half-destroyed and 6,632 partially damaged. Evacuation instructions continued to cover 108,307 households and 228,736 people across two municipalities.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 43
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Official toll and housing damage rise again
Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 38 deaths and 114 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture, including 13 serious and 101 minor injuries. Officials recorded 2,197 damaged homes in the prefecture: 181 destroyed, 245 half-destroyed and 1,771 partially damaged.
Across all listed prefectures, the agency recorded 117 injured people and 2,205 damaged homes. Evacuation instructions continued to cover 116,909 households and 246,540 people in Kumamoto, while all 11 reported fires had been extinguished and all 64 reported rescue incidents had been addressed.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 32
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Strong aftershock reaches seismic intensity 5-lower
Japan Meteorological Agency data recorded a magnitude 4.7 earthquake about 10 kilometres deep in the Kumamoto region. It reached maximum seismic intensity 5-lower in Uki City. The agency said there was no tsunami risk.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
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Official toll and housing damage rise
Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported 36 deaths and 103 injured people in Kumamoto Prefecture, including 11 serious and 92 minor injuries. Officials recorded 1,845 damaged homes: 181 destroyed, 245 half-destroyed and 1,419 partially damaged.
All 11 reported fires had been extinguished and all 64 reported rescue incidents had been addressed. Search and rescue activity at the collapsed commercial facility in Kashima Town ended on 1 August.
Source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 28
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Felt aftershocks continue through 31 July
Japan Meteorological Agency data recorded three earthquakes in the Kumamoto region that reached maximum seismic intensity 3. The magnitude 3.3 event at 07:50 JST and magnitude 3.7 events at 15:28 and 16:50 JST were each about 10 kilometres deep. The agency said none posed a tsunami risk.
Sources: Japan Meteorological Agency, 07:50 JST, 15:28 JST and 16:50 JST
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Magnitude 4.8 aftershock reaches intensity 4
Japan Meteorological Agency data recorded a magnitude 4.8 earthquake about 20 kilometres deep in the Kumamoto region, with maximum seismic intensity 4. The agency said it posed no tsunami risk.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
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Strong aftershocks continue through the morning
Japan Meteorological Agency data recorded a magnitude 4.2 earthquake in the Amakusa and Ashikita region with maximum seismic intensity 3. Earlier, at 05:16 JST, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake about 10 kilometres deep reached maximum seismic intensity 4 in the Kumamoto region. The agency said neither earthquake posed a tsunami risk.
Sources: Japan Meteorological Agency, 09:56 JST and Japan Meteorological Agency, 05:16 JST
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Magnitude 4.3 aftershock shakes the Kumamoto region
Japan Meteorological Agency data recorded the aftershock at a depth of about 10 kilometres, with maximum seismic intensity 4. The agency said the earthquake posed no tsunami risk.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
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Kumamoto Prefecture opens a victim relief fund
The prefecture opened an official relief-fund account for people affected by the 2026 earthquake, with collection planned from 29 July to 30 October. An account at Higo Bank and collection boxes at 14 prefectural offices were available, while Kumamoto Bank and Japan Post Bank routes were still being prepared.
The prefecture also said that the Kumamoto branches of the Japanese Red Cross Society and Community Chest were accepting donations. These are separate official routes and do not imply any affiliation with AidWorkers.com.
Source: Kumamoto Prefecture
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Self-Defense Force response expands to about 4,600 personnel
Japan’s Joint Staff reported that 29 aircraft were supporting the response, water distribution was operating at 17 sites, and roughly 300 air conditioners had been flown to Kumamoto to help protect people sheltering in extreme heat.
Source: Japan Ministry of Defense Joint Staff
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Japan Platform begins emergency support and field assessment
The humanitarian network announced initial needs assessment and activity through member organisations, including search and rescue, medical support and essential supplies.
Source: Japan Platform release
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Reported toll rises as lifeline disruption becomes clearer
It was reported at the time, citing Kumamoto prefectural authorities, that 18 people had died and 62 were injured. About 34,900 homes were without power, around 15,000 were without water, and more than 8,800 people were in over 400 shelters.
Source: Credible reporting citing Kumamoto prefectural authorities
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Self-Defense Forces mobilise a 3,600-person response
Japan’s Defence Ministry said land, sea and air units were gathering information and conducting rescue activity, including at Aeon Mall Kumamoto.
Source: Japan Ministry of Defense
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Kumamoto Red Cross Hospital activates disaster operations
The hospital began receiving earthquake casualties through its emergency centre and suspended ordinary outpatient care and planned admissions from 29 to 31 July.
Source: Kumamoto Red Cross Hospital
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Strong tremor adds to the danger
Japan’s meteorological agency recorded a magnitude 4.2 earthquake about 10 kilometres deep, with maximum seismic intensity 5-lower.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
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Initial reports advise more than 260,000 people to evacuate
It was reported at the time that at least three people had died, dozens were injured and evacuation advice affected more than 260,000 people. These early figures are retained here as a dated snapshot and have since been superseded by the newer official toll above.
Source: Credible reporting
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Kumamoto
The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 10 kilometres. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency recorded maximum seismic intensity 7 in Uki City and Hikawa Town.
Sources: Japan Meteorological Agency and Fire and Disaster Management Agency
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Sources used for this appeal
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- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 49Deaths, injuries, housing damage, evacuation instructions and emergency response status · 11 August 2026, 16:00 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 48Deaths, injuries, housing damage, evacuation instructions and emergency response status · 10 August 2026, 13:00 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 47Deaths, injuries, housing damage, evacuation instructions and emergency response status · 9 August 2026, 10:00 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 46Deaths, injuries, housing damage and evacuation instructions · 8 August 2026, 10:00 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 45Deaths, injuries, housing damage and evacuation instructions · 7 August 2026, 13:00 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Situation Report 43Deaths, injuries, housing damage and evacuation instructions · 6 August 2026, 17:00 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management AgencyOfficial casualties, housing damage, evacuation instructions and emergency response status · 3 August 2026, 07:30 JST
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 4.7 Kumamoto aftershock, intensity and tsunami assessment · 1 August 2026, 21:47 JST
- Fire and Disaster Management AgencyOfficial casualties, housing damage and emergency response status · 1 August 2026, 17:00 JST
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 3.7 Kumamoto earthquake, intensity and tsunami assessment · 31 July 2026, 16:50 JST
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 3.7 Kumamoto earthquake, intensity and tsunami assessment · 31 July 2026, 15:28 JST
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 3.3 Kumamoto earthquake, intensity and tsunami assessment · 31 July 2026, 07:50 JST
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 4.8 Kumamoto aftershock, intensity and tsunami assessment · 30 July 2026
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 4.2 Amakusa and Ashikita earthquake, intensity and tsunami assessment · 30 July 2026
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 4.6 Kumamoto earthquake, intensity and tsunami assessment · 30 July 2026
- Kumamoto PrefectureOfficial victim relief fund, bank account and collection-box arrangements · 29 July 2026
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMagnitude 4.3 aftershock, intensity and tsunami assessment · 29 July 2026
- Japan Ministry of Defense Joint StaffPersonnel, aircraft, water distribution and shelter cooling support · 29 July 2026
- Prime Minister’s Office of JapanOfficial earthquake response update · 28 July 2026
- Japan Meteorological AgencyMainshock magnitude, depth and location · 28 July 2026
- Fire and Disaster Management AgencyMaximum seismic intensity and emergency response activation · 28 July 2026
- Japan Ministry of DefenseSelf-Defense Force deployment and rescue activity · 28 July 2026
- Kumamoto Red Cross HospitalDisaster operations update · 28 July 2026
- Japan PlatformEmergency support and field needs assessment · 29 July 2026
- AAR JapanEmergency fundraising for the Kumamoto earthquake · 28 July 2026
- Peace Boat Disaster ReliefEmergency support fund for the Kumamoto earthquake · 28 July 2026
- Japan HeartEmergency support and activity update · 28 July 2026
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