Pada 18 Juni 2018, sekitar pukul 07.58 pagi [[Waktu Standar Jepang]], gempa bumi berkekuatan 5,5 M<sub>w</sub> pada [[skala kekuatan momen]] mengguncang bagian utara [[Prefektur Osaka]], Jepang. Episentrum gempa bumi ini terletak di dekat [[Takatsuki, Osaka|Takatsuki]] dan terjadi pada kedalaman {{convert|13.2|km|mi}}. [[Badan Meteorologi Jepang]] mencatat kekuatan 6,1 [[Skala kekuatan seismik#Mjma|M<sub>j</sub>]] dan intensitas di bawah 6 pada [[skala intensitas seismik Badan Meteorolog Jepang|skala shindo]].<ref name="USGS">{{cite web |title=M 5.5 - 1km SSW of Takatsuki, Japan |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000eu1c#executive |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |accessdate=18 June 2018}}</ref>
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