Overall Green Earthquake in Taiwan on 26 Jul 2026 12:36 UTC

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M 4.7 in Taiwan on 26 Jul 2026 12:36 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 1554162
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	93.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.8852 , 121.8508
Event Date:	26 Jul 2026 12:36 UTC 26 Jul 2026 20:36 Local
Exposed Population:	5.1 million in MMI IV
Inserted at:	26 Jul 2026 12:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000t3gt	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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