Overall Red Earthquake in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:05 UTC

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M 7.5 in Venezuela on 24 Jun 2026 22:05 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.453 , -68.5139
Event Date:	24 Jun 2026 22:05 UTC 24 Jun 2026 18:05 Local
Exposed Population:	6.8 million (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000t7zp
Inserted at:	24 Jun 2026 23:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	2.4		0.2		2.4
us6000t7zp	Scaled population (raster)	6.26	Max wave alert	0.28m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.28m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.9
	Score no CC	raster

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1714321		2.1	24 Jun 2026 22:05	7.5M, 10km	8.63	2.9 million (in MMI>=VII)	0.4m (at 00:58)	00:58	NEIC
1714328		2.4	24 Jun 2026 22:05	7.5M, 10km	8.63	6.5 million (in MMI>=VII)	0.3m (at 00:49)	01:14	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

Intensity	Population
	69000 people
	1.1 million people
	5.3 million people
	3.8 million people
	4.4 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	2.1	1714328	-68.321/10.401	7.5	10	8.674	24 Jun 2026 23:09	01:04	(new episode)
2	2.4	1714328	-68.321/10.401	7.5	10	8.693	24 Jun 2026 23:24	01:18	(upd of #1)
3	2.3	1714328	-68.514/10.453	7.5	10	8.769	25 Jun 2026 01:20	03:14	(upd of #2)
4	2.2	1714328	-68.472/10.435	7.5	10	8.561	25 Jun 2026 03:14	05:09	(upd of #3)
5	2.3	1714328	-68.472/10.435	7.5	10	8.857	25 Jun 2026 06:07	08:02	(upd of #4)
6	2.4	1714328	-68.472/10.435	7.5	10	9.06	25 Jun 2026 23:13	1d 01:08	(upd of #5)
7	2.3	1714328	-68.472/10.435	7.5	10	8.877	26 Jun 2026 17:53	1d 19:48	(upd of #6)
8	2.4	1714328	-68.472/10.435	7.5	10	9.046	26 Jun 2026 20:16	1d 22:11	(upd of #7)
9	2.4	1714328	-68.472/10.435	7.5	10	8.632	01 Jul 2026 03:54	6d 05:49	(upd of #8)
10	2.4	1714328	-68.504/10.509	7.5	10	8.632	05 Jul 2026 02:17	10d 04:12	(upd of #9)
11	2.4	1714328	-68.504/10.509	7.5	10	8.641	08 Jul 2026 02:02	13d 03:57	(upd of #10)

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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