M 5.7 in Canada on 01 Jan 2026 06:46 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 1517588
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 9 Km
Lat/Lon: 60.4759 , -140.1243
Event Date: 01 Jan 2026 06:46 UTC
31 Dec 2025 23:46 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 01 Jan 2026 06:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Canada)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Canada= 2.4; United States= 2.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rluk Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (48), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),