M 5.5 in Mexico on 19 Jul 2026 17:45 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 1552874
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.1592 , -92.9052
Event Date: 19 Jul 2026 17:45 UTC
19 Jul 2026 11:45 Local
Exposed Population: 440 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2026 18:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1tp 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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Terremoto in Messico, autorità revocano allerta tsunami 7/20/2026 5:07:00 PM.

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Sheinbaum sul terremoto in Chiapas, ''non si riportano danni fino ad o.. 7/20/2026 4:32:00 PM.

Dopo il sisma di magnitudo 7.4 a sudovest di Huixtla e quelli registrati a Ciudad Hidalgo, ho conversato con i governatori di Chiapas e Tabasco, Stati che non riportano danni fino a questo momento. Lo riferisce la presidente del Messico, Cl
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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),