M 6 in United States on 23 May 2026 07:46 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 1542057
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 22.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.3406666666667 , -155.844833333333
Event Date: 23 May 2026 07:46 UTC
22 May 2026 21:46 Local
Exposed Population: 9 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 23 May 2026 08:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
HVO 0.5 0.5
hv74966427 Scaled population (raster) 2.72  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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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 (48), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), HVO (1),