Overall Green Earthquake in Venezuela on 18 Jun 2026 01:23 UTC

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M 4.6 in Venezuela on 18 Jun 2026 01:23 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 1547166
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.3116 , -69.9488
Event Date:	18 Jun 2026 01:23 UTC 17 Jun 2026 21:23 Local
Exposed Population:	70 thousand in MMI>=IV
Inserted at:	18 Jun 2026 01:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000su81	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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