Overall Green Earthquake in United States on 06 May 2026 14:15 UTC

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M 5.8 in United States on 06 May 2026 14:15 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 1539381
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	52.2595 , 176.518
Event Date:	06 May 2026 14:15 UTC 07 May 2026 02:15 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected in MMI III
Inserted at:	06 May 2026 14:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (United States)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000svnr	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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