Overall Green Earthquake in United States on 02 Aug 2026 05:18 UTC

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M 4.8 in United States on 02 Aug 2026 05:18 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 1555652
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	44.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.6579 , -173.4798
Event Date:	02 Aug 2026 05:18 UTC 01 Aug 2026 17:18 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected in MMI>=I
Inserted at:	02 Aug 2026 05:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (United States)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000thkg	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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