M 5.7 in Mexico on 08 Feb 2026 21:42 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 1523581
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 18.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.1627 , -96.6947
Event Date: 08 Feb 2026 21:42 UTC
08 Feb 2026 15:42 Local
Exposed Population: 1 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 09 Feb 2026 02:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.4 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000s7cl Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Seismic alarm goes off in Mexico City - Reuters witness MEXICO CITY, F.. 2/9/2026 9:23:00 AM.

MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A ?magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Puerto ?Escondido in ?the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, ?Mexico’s national ?seismological ?service said. ?A seismic ?alarm went off in Mexico City but ?sha
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Seismic alarm goes off in Mexico City - Reuters witness MEXICO CITY, F.. 2/9/2026 9:10:00 AM.

MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A ?magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Puerto ?Escondido in ?the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, ?Mexico’s national ?seismological ?service said. ?A seismic ?alarm went off in Mexico City but ?sha
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Seismic alarm goes off in Mexico City - Reuters witness MEXICO CITY, F.. 2/9/2026 9:10:00 AM.

MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A ?magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Puerto ?Escondido in ?the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, ?Mexico’s national ?seismological ?service said. ?A seismic ?alarm went off in Mexico City but ?sha
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Seismic alarm goes off in Mexico City - Reuters witness MEXICO CITY, F.. 2/9/2026 9:08:00 AM.

MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A ?magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Puerto ?Escondido in ?the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, ?Mexico’s national ?seismological ?service said. ?A seismic ?alarm went off in Mexico City but ?sha
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),