M 4.9 in China on 21 Jul 2026 11:43 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 1553188
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.2707 , 101.5395
Event Date: 21 Jul 2026 11:43 UTC
21 Jul 2026 19:43 Local
Exposed Population:
7 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2026 12:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t25s 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts southwestern China 7/21/2026 4:48:00 PM.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted southwestern China Tuesday, state media reported. The earthquake, with a depth of 6 kilometers (3.8 miles), occurred in Mojiang County in Pu''er City, southwestern Yunnan province, Beijing-based Xinhua News
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1st LD Writethru: Yunnan launches emergency response after 5.0 magnitu.. 7/21/2026 4:01:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Yunnan provincial earthquake relief headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwest Province''s Mojiang County in Pu''er City on Tuesday, local
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1st LD-Writethru: Yunnan launches emergency response after 5.0-magnitu.. 7/21/2026 3:50:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Yunnan provincial earthquake relief headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwest Province''s Mojiang County in Pu''er City on Tuesday, local
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Yunnan launches emergency response after 5.0-magnitude earthquake 7/21/2026 3:45:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Yunnan provincial earthquake relief headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwest Province''s Mojiang County in Pu''er City on Tuesday, local
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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),