M 5 in China on 04 Jan 2026 08:30 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 1518021
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.2671 , 85.0146
Event Date: 04 Jan 2026 08:30 UTC
04 Jan 2026 16:30 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 04 Jan 2026 08:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rme5 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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

MIL-OSI Russian Economy News: Emergency response activated in Xinjiang.. 1/7/2026 6:02:00 AM.

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News. BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — The China
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Kannur juice vendor travels world in search of fresh perspectives 1/7/2026 3:43:00 AM.

KANNUR: For the past 30 years, Hashim V P, from Pappinisseri, has been selling sugarcane juice in front of the stadium, quietly turning his small roadside business into a gateway to the world. What began as a modest means of livelihood grad
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MIL-OSI Russian Economy News: There have been no reports of deaths or .. 1/7/2026 2:24:00 AM.

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News. BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — No casualt
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China activates emergency response after quake hits NW China''s Xinjia.. 1/7/2026 2:03:00 AM.

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) initiated a Level-IV emergency service response after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan in the Kashgar region in northwest China''s X
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),