M 5.2 in United States on 28 May 2026 00:25 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 1542895
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 58.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.7852 , -175.9331
Event Date: 28 May 2026 00:25 UTC
27 May 2026 15:25 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 28 May 2026 00:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000snz9 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

NASA confirms exploding meteor caused the sonic boom over Boston 5/31/2026 3:30:00 PM.

Some residents initially thought that the shaking and boom may have been an earthquake, but the United States Geological Survey (USGS) denied that , saying that it was a “widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide.” In a statement poste
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Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Del.. 5/31/2026 11:00:00 AM.

New England, United States - Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday (May 30) afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and
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VIDEO | Meteor disintegrates over Massachusetts, citizens panic from l.. 5/31/2026 10:21:00 AM.

The US space agency NASA confirmed that a fireball, or particularly bright meteor, passed over the country at 14:06 p.m. local time. It is estimated to have been traveling at a speed of about 120.000 kilometers per hour and that during its
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NASA says meteor explosion caused loud boom heard across New England 5/31/2026 9:26:00 AM.

NASA said Saturday that a meteor breaking apart high above the New England area caused a loud boom that was heard across parts of Massachusetts and neighboring states earlier in the day. The United States space agency said in a post on US s
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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),