![An Amazon Disaster Relief Hub vehicle stops in front four tents where several people are organizing supplies and relief items](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/c0deb5f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1365+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa9%2F84%2F63bffcc646378416791170d34ab8%2Fjp-earthquake-drba-2.jpg)

# How Amazon is helping employees, communities, and customers following the earthquake in Japan

*Amazon teams have sent more than 30,000 relief items to communities affected by the earthquake in Japan, and our support is ongoing.*

Teams across Amazon are working to support employees and communities impacted by the devastating earthquake in Japan that killed at least 62 people, injured hundreds more, and caused widespread destruction.

![Chief Meteorologist Victor Rodriguez holds a coffee in his hands as he sits in a chair near the base of mountains.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/fe1798f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x1067+0+440/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F3e%2F18%2F565ffcc748c8bab01f5019e9ab2d%2Fhero-001-amazon-meteorologist-me-copy.JPG)

- [How a U.S. Marine veteran works to keep Amazon employees safe during severe weather and natural disasters](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/inside-amazons-weather-strategy)

Within hours of the January 1 earthquake, the Amazon Disaster Relief team started coordinating with international and local aid groups to provide needed support and supplies. We activated the two Japanese Disaster Relief Hubs to send essential goods—including blankets, water, food, diapers, and baby formula—to the affected area. These hubs are dedicated spaces in Amazon fulfillment centers that are used to store ready-to-ship essential items, which can be sent to impacted communities within hours of a natural disaster.

Amazon teams in Japan packed more than 30,000 relief items, which reached Suzu City just two days after the earthquake. More than 90% of this city’s infrastructure was destroyed during the quake.

![Men and women organizing supplies and relief items to support victims of the earthquake in Japan](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/430f48f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2e%2F9b%2F718bead64f49b6281e6352e9d686%2Fabout-amazon-inline-jp-earthquake-drba.jpg)

Our support is ongoing. As relief workers on the ground identify additional needs, we will continue to use our global logistics infrastructure, inventory, and technology to get them the support they need and deliver relief items to the communities that need them most.

In addition to delivering Amazon-donated products to affected areas in Japan, Amazon has activated an employee-giving campaign to help employees around the world donate to relief efforts.

## Disaster Relief

Since its founding in 2017, the Disaster Relief program has responded to multiple natural disasters across the world, including [Hurricane Fiona](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-is-sending-hundreds-of-thousands-of-relief-items-to-puerto-rico-after-hurricane-fiona) in Puerto Rico, flooding in central Europe and India, the [earthquakes in Türkiye, Syria,](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/how-amazon-is-helping-communities-impacted-by-the-earthquake-in-turkiye-and-syria) and [Morocco](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/morocco-earthquake-amazon-disaster-relief), and the wildfires in [Maui](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/maui-fires-amazon-disaster-relief) and [Australia](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/how-amazon-is-supporting-victims-of-the-australia-bushfire-crisis). In total, the Amazon Disaster Relief team has responded to more than 145 disasters across the globe, donating more than 23 million items to impacted communities.

Learn more about [Amazon’s disaster relief efforts](https://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/community/disaster-relief).