M 5.3 in Russia on 17 Jan 2026 06:46 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 1519877
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 23.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.391 , 160.877
Event Date: 17 Jan 2026 06:46 UTC
17 Jan 2026 17:46 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2026 07:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rq9h 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)

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