Overall Red Earthquake in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC

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M 7.2 in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1548473
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.2M
Glide number:	EQ-2026-000093-VEN
Depth:	20.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.436 , -68.5277
Event Date:	24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC 24 Jun 2026 18:04 Local
Exposed Population:	990 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	25 Jun 2026 11:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	2.3		0		2.3
us6000t7zc	Scaled population (raster)	6.05	Max wave alert	0.08m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.08m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.9

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Latest media headlines

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Terremoto en Venezuela: qué se sabe, mapas, gráficos, fotos y vídeos d.. 6/25/2026 6:02:00 PM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),

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