M 5.2 in China on 19 Jan 2026 11:32 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.0913 , 103.4181
Event Date: 19 Jan 2026 11:32 UTC
19 Jan 2026 19:32 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000rqjl
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2026 11:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us7000rqjl Scaled population (raster) 0.7  
  C1 rapid impact -0.37  
  C2 rapid impact 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1683008 0.1 19 Jan 2026 11:32 5.2M, 10km 6.15 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:17 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China ,of Yunnan (population 40,970,460) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
21000 people
220000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Yunnan China <1000 people
Yunnan China 220000 people
Yunnan China 700000 people
Guizhou China 14000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ludian Yunnan China City - 21 km
Shuimo Yunnan China Village - 25 km
Zhaotong Yunnan China City 110000 people 41 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
Zhaotong 1950 0 42 km

More information

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