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

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1548377
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.5M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000093-VEN
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: 2.4 million (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 24 Jun 2026 23:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 2.3 0.2 2.3
us6000t7zp Scaled population (raster) 5.92 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      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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M7.5 in Venezuela - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationThu, 25 Jun 2026 11:45

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
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

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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),