M 6 in Mexico on 17 Jul 2026 15:20 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 1552424
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.2369 , -93.0929
Event Date: 17 Jul 2026 15:20 UTC
17 Jul 2026 09:20 Local
Exposed Population: 1.2 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2026 16:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1c2 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.
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)

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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),