M 7.3 in Mexico on 17 Jul 2026 14:48 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1552420
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.3M
Depth: 18.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.6043 , -92.9517
Event Date: 17 Jul 2026 14:48 UTC
17 Jul 2026 08:48 Local
Exposed Population: 100 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2026 16:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.33 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 0.6 1.2
us7000t1bu Scaled population (raster) 6.42 Max wave alert 0.64m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.64m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.96      
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)

Latest media headlines

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