M 5.7 in Mexico on 08 Feb 2026 21:42 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: 5.7M
Depth: 18.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.1627 , -96.6947
Event Date: 08 Feb 2026 21:42 UTC
08 Feb 2026 15:42 Local
Exposed Population: 50 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000s7cl
Inserted at: 09 Feb 2026 02:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000s7cl Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1686788 0 08 Feb 2026 21:42 5.7M, 20km 5.68 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:14 NEIC
1686818 0 08 Feb 2026 21:42 5.7M, 18.8km 5.65 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 04:19 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mexico ,of Oaxaca (population 3,329,574) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
1500 people
98000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Oaxaca Mexico 130000 people
Oaxaca Mexico 86000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
San Miguel Coatlán Oaxaca Mexico Village - 2 km
San Baltasar Loxicha Oaxaca Mexico Village - 15 km
Cuixtla Oaxaca Mexico Village - 15 km
Xitla Oaxaca Mexico Village 3500 people 17 km
San Agustín Loxicha Oaxaca Mexico Village - 20 km
Miahuatlan Oaxaca Mexico City 17000 people 20 km
Loxicha Oaxaca Mexico Village - 22 km
San Pedro Amatlán Oaxaca Mexico Village - 26 km
Paxtlán Oaxaca Mexico Village - 24 km
Suchixtepec Oaxaca Mexico Village - 28 km
San Vicente Coatlán Oaxaca Mexico Village - 29 km
San Pedro el Alto Oaxaca Mexico Village - 29 km
San Isidro Oaxaca Mexico Village - 33 km
Yogana Oaxaca Mexico Village - 35 km
Cosoltepec Oaxaca Mexico Village - 39 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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