M 4.8 in Venezuela on 27 Jun 2026 19:20 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 1548887
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.6023 , -67.5112
Event Date: 27 Jun 2026 19:20 UTC
27 Jun 2026 15:20 Local
Exposed Population:
1 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 27 Jun 2026 19:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000t8q8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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

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Terremoto in Venezuela, ritrovato vivo un bambino di 11 anni 6/28/2026 8:17:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – “Pochi minuti fa è stato tratto in salvo, vivo, un bambino di 11 anni a Caraballeda”, nel nord del Venezuela. Ad annunciarlo oggi domenica 28 giugno – con un post su X – la presidente ad interim del Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),