M 5.5 in Nicaragua on 26 Mar 2026 17:15 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 155.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.1114 , -86.3881
Event Date: 26 Mar 2026 17:15 UTC
26 Mar 2026 11:15 Local
Exposed Population: 510 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000s7w6
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2026 17:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
5.3 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s7w6 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1695390 0 26 Mar 2026 17:15 5.5M, 155.7km 3.77 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

Radius Population
100 km 3.7 million people
75 km 3 million people
50 km 2.5 million people
20 km 1.3 million people
10 km 300000 people
5 km 18000 people
2 km 1100 people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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