M 7.2 in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1548473
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.2M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000093-VEN
Depth: 20.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.436 , -68.5277
Event Date: 24 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC
24 Jun 2026 18:04 Local
Exposed Population: 990 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 25 Jun 2026 11:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 2.3 0 2.3
us6000t7zc Scaled population (raster) 6.05 Max wave alert 0.08m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.08m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.9      
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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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 (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),