M 6.3 in China on 25 Jun 2020 21:05 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 1223902
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.5956 , 82.3785
Event Date: 25 Jun 2020 21:05 UTC
26 Jun 2020 05:05 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
About 10000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jun 2020 21:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000abmk Scaled population (raster) 0.6  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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China - Earthquake (ECHO 26 Jun 2020)Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:09

  • On 25 June, an earthquake of 6.4 M at a depth of 10 km hit Gêrzê County (Tibet Autonomous Region, south-west China) at 21.05 UTC. The epicentre was approximately 279 km south-east of Hotan town (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region).
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 1,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
  • According to media, there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),