M 4.8 in United States on 29 Aug 2026 15:16 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 1562489
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 5.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.788 , -156.924
Event Date: 29 Aug 2026 15:16 UTC
29 Aug 2026 05:16 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI>=I
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2026 15:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
aka2026rcluqc Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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)

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),