M 5.7 in Mexico on 18 Jul 2026 17:26 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 1552687
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.2392 , -92.8805
Event Date: 18 Jul 2026 17:26 UTC
18 Jul 2026 11:26 Local
Exposed Population: 820 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2026 17:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1n5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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A 7.3 earthquake hits Mexico-Guatemala border with no immediate damage.. 7/18/2026 11:13:00 PM.

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5.4-magnitude quake hits near coast of Chiapas, Mexico -- GFZ 7/18/2026 8:26:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted the near coast of Chiapas, Mexico, at 1726 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially d
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),