M 4.9 in Mexico on 18 Jul 2026 04:28 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 1552571
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.5811 , -93.0737
Event Date: 18 Jul 2026 04:28 UTC
17 Jul 2026 22:28 Local
Exposed Population:
900 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2026 04:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1jb 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

Urgent: 5.4-magnitude quake hits Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico -- GFZ 7/19/2026 9:23:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico at 1745 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determin
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Urgent: 5.4-magnitude quake hits Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico -- GFZ 7/19/2026 9:20:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico at 1745 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determin
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Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - Offshore Chiapas, Mexico, on Sunday, Jul .. 7/19/2026 6:51:00 PM.

Alert level for this earthquake: Level GREEN Based on seismic and statistical models, USGS estimates that the risk of fatalities and damage from this earthquake is low . The main factors that contribute to this evaluation are: The maximum e
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Urgent: 5.4 magnitude quake hits Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico GFZ 7/19/2026 6:31:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico at 1745 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determin
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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),