M 6.1 in United States on 23 Feb 2026 05:11 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1525804
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 14 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.3572 , -169.8574
Event Date: 23 Feb 2026 05:11 UTC
22 Feb 2026 18:11 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI IV
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2026 05:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sayv Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),