M 5.4 in Myanmar on 18 Jul 2025 09:30 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1490667
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000113-MMR
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.6861 , 96.0157
Event Date: 18 Jul 2025 09:30 UTC
18 Jul 2025 16:00 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2025 09:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.4 (Myanmar)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.4 1.4
us7000qddu Scaled population (raster) 3.08  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.15  
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Myanmar - Earthquake (ECHO 26 Jul 2025)Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:24

  • An earthquake of 5.4 M at a depth of 10 km occurred on 18 July at 9.30 UTC (16.00 local time) in the Mandalay region of central Myanmar. The epicentre was located about 35 km east-northeast of Shwebo city and 88 km north of Mandalay city in the Mandalay region.
  • USGS estimated that up to 4,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking, while 100,000 were exposed to strong shaking.
  • According to media, there were no reports of injured people or damage in the area due to this event. The same area was hit by the 7.7 M earthquake on 28 March, causing more than 3,800 fatalities.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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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Latest media headlines

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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),