M 5.2 in United States on 16 Jul 2026 11:37 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 1552187
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 8.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 60.569 , -141.508
Event Date: 16 Jul 2026 11:37 UTC
16 Jul 2026 03:37 Local
Exposed Population: 8 thousand in MMI>=II
Inserted at: 16 Jul 2026 11:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
aka2026nyxoap Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 16 7/16/2026 4:09:00 PM.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Thursday voiced deep concern over the recent escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran, urging all parties to pursue dialogue and diplomacy. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said con
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near tourist hotspot in New Zealand''.. 7/16/2026 10:27:00 AM.

July 16 (Reuters) - ?An earthquake of ?magnitude 6.3 struck near ?the town of Te Anau in New Zealand''s South Island, ?prompting the authorities ?to issue ?a tsunami warning. The epicenter of ?the ?earthquake was about 40 km (24.85 ?miles)
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near tourist hotspot in New Zealand''.. 7/16/2026 10:12:00 AM.

July 16 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 ?struck near the ?town of Te Anau in ?New Zealand''s South Island, prompting the authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The ?epicenter of ?the earthquake was about 40 km (24.85 ?miles) nor
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),