M 5.6 in Canada on 20 Jul 2026 06:41 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 1552972
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 49.4076 , -129.342
Event Date: 20 Jul 2026 06:41 UTC
19 Jul 2026 21:41 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at: 20 Jul 2026 07:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Canada)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1w2 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

Magnitude-5.6 earthquake rumbles west of Vancouver Island The quake hi.. 7/20/2026 10:17:00 PM.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 was recorded west on Vancouver Island on Monday, July 20, 2026. EARTHQUAKES CANADA. A magnitude-5.6 earthquake struck under the ocean off Vancouver Island on Sunday night. Earthquakes Canada said the q
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake reported west of Vancouver Island 7/20/2026 5:08:00 PM.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck under the ocean off Vancouver Island. Earthquakes Canada says the quake happened at 11:41 p.m. PT on Sunday 219 kilometres southwest of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island''s northern tip. It struck about 10
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rumbles off B.C. coast west of Vancouver Isla.. 7/20/2026 4:45:00 PM.

PORT HARDY — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck under the ocean off Vancouver Island. Earthquakes Canada says the quake happened at 11:41 p.m. local time on Sunday 219 kilometres southwest of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island’s northern tip
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rumbles off B.C. coast west of Vancouver Isla.. 7/20/2026 4:31:00 PM.

An official looks a seismograph at an observation post near a recent volcanic eruption in Carita, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) PORT HARDY — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck under the ocean off Vancouve
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),