M 6 in United States on 22 Mar 2026 05:35 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 1530415
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 11.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 69.434 , -143.911
Event Date: 22 Mar 2026 05:35 UTC
21 Mar 2026 21:35 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 22 Mar 2026 05:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
aka2026frhfus Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 25 March 2026 3/25/2026 5:22:00 AM.

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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean.. 3/25/2026 12:50:00 AM.

A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean yesterday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck early Tuesday eveni
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Foreign residents play vital roles in serving volunteer fire brigades .. 3/24/2026 10:55:00 PM.

YOKOHAMA--On a recent winter day, five members of a volunteer firefighting brigade based here were standing in front of the Naka Ward office building drumming up interest. Surrounded by passers-by, they called out to children, “Would you li
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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 (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1), USGS (2),