M 5.3 in United States on 24 Jan 2026 21:25 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 1521118
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 69.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.906 , -175.9811
Event Date: 24 Jan 2026 21:25 UTC
24 Jan 2026 11:25 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 24 Jan 2026 21:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rrv2 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.

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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), CALTECH (1),