M 4.7 in United States on 17 Jan 2026 21:45 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 1519975
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 16.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 57.23 , -136.223
Event Date: 17 Jan 2026 21:45 UTC
17 Jan 2026 12:45 Local
Exposed Population: 9 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2026 21:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak2026bfaxka Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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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Magnitude 4.2 aftershock jolts Southern California''s Coachella Valley.. 1/21/2026 5:18:00 PM.

Wednesday''s magnitude 4.2 aftershock was centered some 12 miles north-northeast of Indio, California, just after 12:30 a.m. local time, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near.. 1/21/2026 3:22:00 PM.

The earthquake was recorded at 12:30 p.m. local time and centered at 20 kilometers (about 12.4 miles) north-northeast of Indio at a depth of 4.2 kilometers (about 2.6 miles). The USGS said it received 1,102 reports of people having felt 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 (48), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),