M 4.5 in Italy on 31 Jul 2026 17:46 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 1555361
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8911 , 14.1435
Event Date: 31 Jul 2026 17:46 UTC
31 Jul 2026 19:46 Local
Exposed Population:
200 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2026 21:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us6000th99 Scaled population (vector) 0.9  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.68  
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)

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