M 4.7 in United States on 18 Jan 2026 02:45 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 1520010
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 64.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 61.91 , -150.795
Event Date: 18 Jan 2026 02:45 UTC
17 Jan 2026 17:45 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2026 02:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak2026bfkveq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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.

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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),