M 5.8 in Taiwan on 01 May 2026 12:39 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 1538458
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 97.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.8748 , 122.02
Event Date: 01 May 2026 12:39 UTC
01 May 2026 20:39 Local
Exposed Population: 820 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 01 May 2026 12:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000shjp Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),