M 5.2 in United States on 12 Aug 2026 03:48 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 1557567
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.879 , -155.233333333333
Event Date: 12 Aug 2026 03:48 UTC
11 Aug 2026 17:48 Local
Exposed Population: 4 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2026 04:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
HVO 0 0
hv75018296 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

Woman pulled from rubble by Colombian rescuers two days after deadly e.. 8/12/2026 6:19:00 AM.

COLOMBIAN RESCUERS PULLED a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to find more survivors from the country’s strongest earthquake in a century. Danie
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Colombia rescuers find woman alive after earthquake 8/12/2026 6:11:00 AM.

Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews searched to find more survivors from the country''s strongest earthquake in a century. The rescue i
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US Sends Emergency Aid to Earthquake Hit Colombia State Department 8/12/2026 5:02:00 AM.

MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - The United States has deployed disaster relief specialists and allocated millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Colombia, the US State Department said. On Monday, the 7.4-magnitude earthq
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US Sends Disaster Team To Colombia – State Dept. 8/12/2026 4:52:00 AM.

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- A United States (US) emergency relief team will arrive in Colombia today to support the government''s response to the earthquake that struck the country, the US Department of State said on
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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 (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), HVO (1),