M 5 in China on 08 Jul 2026 02:08 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 1550709
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.5871 , 104.7549
Event Date: 08 Jul 2026 02:08 UTC
08 Jul 2026 10:08 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 08 Jul 2026 02:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000taui Scaled population (vector) 0.3  
  C1 rapid impact -0.37  
  C2 rapid impact 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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

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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),