M 4.8 in Venezuela on 20 Jul 2026 10:55 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 1553008
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 66 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.6707 , -62.2023
Event Date: 20 Jul 2026 10:55 UTC
20 Jul 2026 06:55 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 20 Jul 2026 11:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1x5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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.

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),