Overall Green Earthquake in Mexico on 28 Jul 2026 05:35 UTC

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M 5.9 in Mexico on 28 Jul 2026 05:35 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 1554532
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.296 , -92.6223
Event Date:	28 Jul 2026 05:35 UTC 27 Jul 2026 23:35 Local
Exposed Population:	2 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at:	28 Jul 2026 06:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Mexico)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000tgau	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:35 Magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Brisas Barra de Suc.. 7/28/2026 8:16:00 AM.

71 km SSW of Tapachula, Mexico / pop: 202,000 / local time: 23:35:18.3 2026-07-27 43 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico / pop: 13,700 / local time: 23:35:18.3 2026-07-27.

5.9-magnitude earthquake hits off southern Mexico 7/28/2026 7:34:00 AM.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake''s epicenter was located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west-southwest of Brisas Barra de Suchiate in the southern M

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Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Off Mexico''s Coast Seismologists 7/28/2026 7:02:00 AM.

MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico, the National Seismological Center said. According to seismologists, the tremors were recorded on Monday at 11:35 p???.m. local time (05:35 GMT on Tue

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Strong mag. 5.9 earthquake - 50 km WSW of Brisas Barra De Suchiate, Me.. 7/28/2026 6:45:00 AM.

We are receiving unverified early reports of ground shaking possibly caused by seismic activity in or near Guatemala City, Guatemala on 28 Jul 2026 (GMT) at approximately 05:35 GMT. There are no details yet on the magnitude or depth of this

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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),

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