M 5.7 in China on 28 Jul 2026 03:16 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 1554510
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.3685 , 99.5198
Event Date: 28 Jul 2026 03:16 UTC
28 Jul 2026 11:16 Local
Exposed Population: 6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2026 04:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
us6000tga6 Scaled population (raster) 2.29  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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