Overall Green Earthquake in Pakistan on 19 Jan 2026 06:21 UTC

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M 5.6 in Pakistan on 19 Jan 2026 06:21 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.6M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.7055 , 74.4485
Event Date:	19 Jan 2026 06:21 UTC 19 Jan 2026 11:21 Local
Exposed Population:	2 thousand in MMI V
Source:	NEIC us7000rqik
Inserted at:	19 Jan 2026 08:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000rqik	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

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
1682975		0	19 Jan 2026 06:21	5.9M, 35km	5.74	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1682984		0	19 Jan 2026 06:21	5.6M, 35km	5.14	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:00	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

The earthquake happened in Pakistan ,of Northern Areas (population -99,999) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	2000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1682975	74.436/36.722	5.9	35	5.895	19 Jan 2026 06:48	00:27	(new episode)
2	1682975	74.436/36.722	5.9	35	5.918	19 Jan 2026 06:53	00:31	(upd of #1)
3	1682984	74.448/36.706	5.6	35	5.376	19 Jan 2026 08:28	02:07	(new episode)
4	1682984	74.448/36.706	5.6	35	5.353	19 Jan 2026 08:39	02:18	(upd of #3)
5	1682984	74.448/36.706	5.6	35	5.376	19 Jan 2026 08:48	02:26	(upd of #4)
6	1682984	74.448/36.706	5.6	35	5.376	20 Jan 2026 14:01	1d 07:40	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Areas	Pakistan	<1000 people
Badakhshan	Afghanistan	no people
Xinjiang	China	no people
Northern Areas	Pakistan	350000 people
Badakhshan	Afghanistan	1300 people
Xinjiang	China	5900 people
North-west Frontier	Pakistan	<1000 people
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	2000 people
Azad Kashmir Province	Pakistan	no people
Northern Areas	Pakistan	21000 people
Badakhshan	Afghanistan	<1000 people
Xinjiang	China	2200 people
North-west Frontier	Pakistan	50000 people
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	<1000 people
Azad Kashmir Province	Pakistan	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kil	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	16 km
Watwashk	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	24 km
Buattar	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	31 km
Khudabad	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	33 km
Pasu	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	46 km
Baltit	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	48 km
Munjawa	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	54 km
Chatorkhand	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Nomal	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	71 km
Pidakkesh	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	76 km
Bargu Pain	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	79 km
Hope	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	79 km
Bubur	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	83 km
Dorchan	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	86 km
Kyzylrabot	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	87 km
Gilgit	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	9700 people	89 km
Shaymak	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	98 km
A-chieh-ko-pa-i	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	99 km
Hung-she-li-man	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	102 km
Yasin	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	106 km
Barmas	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	113 km
Tokhtamysh	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	126 km
Taxkorgan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	141 km
Barsat	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	170 km
Rattu Catt	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	178 km
Sanoghar	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	189 km
Harchin	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	190 km
Dzhiland	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	191 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Gilgit	GIL	1457	Civ.	Paved	No	5400	88 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Satpara Lake	Satpara	Satpar	2011	194 km

More information

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