M 5 in Dominican Republic on 26 Jun 2026 16:06 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 1548713
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 82 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.9176 , -68.5223
Event Date: 26 Jun 2026 16:06 UTC
26 Jun 2026 12:06 Local
Exposed Population:
470 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 26 Jun 2026 16:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.7 (Dominican Republic)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
PRICO RS 0 0
pr2026177000 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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Latest media headlines

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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), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),