M 5.2 in United States on 22 Jan 2026 19:38 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 1520834
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 41 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.3122 , -159.886
Event Date: 22 Jan 2026 19:38 UTC
22 Jan 2026 08:38 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 22 Jan 2026 19:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rrfr 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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),