M 5.9 in Micronesia on 30 Jul 2026 17:55 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 1555167
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 34.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.5807 , 138.9989
Event Date: 30 Jul 2026 17:55 UTC
31 Jul 2026 02:55 Local
Exposed Population: 1 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2026 18:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Micronesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000th1h Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Micronesia US Seismologi.. 7/30/2026 8:01:00 PM.

MOSCOW, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake was recorded off the coast of the Federated States of Micronesia on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded at 17:55 GMT 247 kilometers (153???.5 mile
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Urgent: 5.9 magnitude quake hits Western Caroline Islands GFZ 7/30/2026 6:33:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia at 1756 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 74 km, was initially
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Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits Western Caroline Islands -- GFZ 7/30/2026 6:28:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia at 1756 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 74 km, was initially
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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),