M 5.6 in Canada on 01 Aug 2026 04:49 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 1555461
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 49.6033 , -129.4251
Event Date: 01 Aug 2026 04:49 UTC
31 Jul 2026 19:49 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI>=III
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2026 05:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Canada)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000thej Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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.
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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),