M 5 in Kyrgyzstan on 12 Aug 2026 07:14 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 1557589
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.0411 , 75.3037
Event Date: 12 Aug 2026 07:14 UTC
12 Aug 2026 13:14 Local
Exposed Population:
2 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2026 07:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.5 (Kyrgyzstan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tk5x Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Earthquake felt in Bishkek: Where tremors were strongest 8/12/2026 8:46:00 AM.

The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan has updated information on the earthquake that occurred today, August 12. According to the institute, the earthquake’s epicenter was in Kyrgyzstan, 15 kilometers
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Earthquake felt in Bishkek: Where tremors were strongest 8/12/2026 8:42:00 AM.

The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan has updated information on the earthquake that occurred today, August 12. According to the institute, the earthquake’s epicenter was in Kyrgyzstan, 15 kilometers
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What is known about the earthquake in Kyrgyzstan felt by Almaty reside.. 8/12/2026 8:35:00 AM.

Tengrinews.kz — Details have emerged about the earthquake in Kyrgyzstan that was felt by residents of Almaty. to the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan, the magnitude 5.4 earthquake had its epicentre
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Earthquake in Kyrgyzstan felt in Almaty 8/12/2026 8:18:00 AM.

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstan''s seismologists recorded an earthquake on Wednesday at 12:14 local time, which was felt in Almaty at 2 points, the Emergencies Ministry of the country reported...

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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),