M 5.6 in Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on 29 Jul 2026 22:08 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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -65.0558 , -179.1239
Event Date: 29 Jul 2026 22:08 UTC
29 Jul 2026 10:08 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us6000tgud
Inserted at: 29 Jul 2026 22:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tgud Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
  Score no CC 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1721698 0 29 Jul 2026 22:08 5.1M, 10km 2.33 No people affected (in 100km) 00:26 NEIC
1721702 0 29 Jul 2026 22:08 5.6M, 10km 6.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:38 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

The earthquake happened in unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1721702 -179.124/-65.056 5.6 10 6.332 29 Jul 2026 22:51 00:43 (new episode)
2 0 1721702 -179.124/-65.056 5.6 10 6.332 30 Jul 2026 00:15 02:07 (upd of #1)
3 0 1721702 -179.124/-65.056 5.6 10 6.332 31 Jul 2026 02:04 1d 03:56 (upd of #2)
4 0 1721702 -179.259/-65.078 5.6 10 6.336 12 Aug 2026 02:05 13d 03:57 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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