M 4.9 in Mexico on 16 Jan 2026 06:42 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 1519728
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.8651 , -99.4821
Event Date: 16 Jan 2026 06:42 UTC
16 Jan 2026 00:42 Local
Exposed Population:
7 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2026 07:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rq15 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes Guerrero, Mexico, GFZ says Jan 16 (Re.. 1/16/2026 12:11:00 PM.

Jan 16 (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Guerrero, ?Mexico, on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake ?was at a ?depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. No damages were reported so ?far after the
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes Guerrero, Mexico, GFZ says Jan 16 (Re.. 1/16/2026 11:55:00 AM.

Jan 16 (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Guerrero, ?Mexico, on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake ?was at a ?depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. No damages were reported so ?far after the
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes Guerrero, Mexico, GFZ says 1/16/2026 11:45:00 AM.

Jan 16 (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Guerrero, ?Mexico, on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake ?was at a ?depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. No damages were reported so ?far after the
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes Guerrero, Mexico, GFZ says 1/16/2026 11:39:00 AM.

Jan 16 (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Guerrero, ?Mexico, on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake ?was at a ?depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. No damages were reported so ?far after the
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),