M 4.5 in Venezuela on 28 Jun 2026 08:46 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 1548962
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.6806 , -68.4901
Event Date: 28 Jun 2026 08:46 UTC
28 Jun 2026 04:46 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 28 Jun 2026 09:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000t8su 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

Estratto vivo dalle macerie un sopravvissuto al sisma in Venezuela 6/28/2026 1:20:00 PM.

Il salvataggio dei soccorritori spagnoli, mentre il bilancio delle vittime del terremoto sale a 1.430.
Venezuela, Papa: "Vicini a popolazione colpita dal terremoto" 6/28/2026 1:11:00 PM.

(LaPresse) - Al termine dell''Angelus in piazza San Pietro, Papa Leone XIV ha rivolto un pensiero alla popolazione del Venezuela, colpita dal terremoto. "Esprimo vicinanza ai nostri fratelli e sorelle - ha detto in spagnolo - colpiti dal te
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Frustration grows in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 1,430 6/28/2026 1:04:00 PM.

Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit states. They were joined by a growing number of international
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Photos show rescue efforts across earthquake-ravaged Venezuela 6/28/2026 1:04:00 PM.

Identification cards and photographs of missing people are left on the window of a dirt-covered car by relatives searching for information in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Saturday, June 27, 2026, three days after twin earthquakes struck the cou
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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 (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),