M 5 in China on 17 May 2026 16:21 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: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.457 , 109.2182
Event Date: 17 May 2026 16:21 UTC
18 May 2026 00:21 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us6000sye4
Inserted at: 17 May 2026 16:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000sye4 Scaled population (raster) 1  
  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
1706351 0.3 17 May 2026 16:21 5M, 10km 6.16 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:16 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 Guangxi (population 46,813,840) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
76000 people
1.8 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Guangxi China 44000 people
Guangxi China 1.7 million people
Guangxi China 1.2 million people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Shatang Guangxi China Village - 15 km
Fengshan Guangxi China City - 17 km
Liuzhou Guangxi China City 760000 people 22 km
Liucheng Guangxi China Village - 24 km
Liujiang Guangxi China City - 24 km
Shapu Guangxi China Village - 25 km
Sandu Guangxi China Village - 27 km
Liutang Guangxi China Village - 28 km
Dongquan Guangxi China Village - 29 km
Taiping Guangxi China City - 32 km
Pingnan Guangxi China Village - 34 km
Luorong Guangxi China City 67000 people 40 km
Ligao Guangxi China Village - 42 km
Daliang Guangxi China Village - 43 km
Jiangkou Guangxi China Village - 44 km
Oudong Guangxi China Village - 45 km
Liyong Guangxi China Village - 47 km
Datang Guangxi China Village - 48 km
Chang'an Guangxi China Village - 49 km
Lo-cheng Guangxi China Village - 49 km
Ladong Guangxi China Village - 50 km
Hemu Guangxi China Village - 50 km
Chuanshan Guangxi China Village - 51 km
Luocheng Guangxi China Village - 51 km
Luzhai Guangxi China Village - 52 km
Chiu-chung-tu Guangxi China Village - 53 km
I-shan Guangxi China Village - 58 km
Fenghuang Guangxi China Village - 59 km
Long'an Guangxi China Village - 68 km
Dawan Guangxi China Village - 69 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
Bailian 100 0 32 km
Liuzhou LZH 105 0 33 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Luodong Long Jiang 1971 38 km
Honghua Liu 2005 41 km

More information

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