M 5.2 in Mexico on 31 Jul 2026 16:15 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 1555348
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.6031 , -93.2309
Event Date: 31 Jul 2026 16:15 UTC
31 Jul 2026 10:15 Local
Exposed Population:
440 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2026 16:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000th8n Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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

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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),