M 4.5 in China on 12 Jul 2026 21:02 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 1551509
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 34.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.6112 , 104.7797
Event Date: 12 Jul 2026 21:02 UTC
13 Jul 2026 05:02 Local
Exposed Population:
210 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2026 22:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000szxs Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),