M 4.6 in China on 31 May 2025 08:28 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 1483935
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.1784 , 81.3371
Event Date: 31 May 2025 08:28 UTC
31 May 2025 16:28 Local
Exposed Population:
1 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 31 May 2025 12:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qh1p 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, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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The Irrawaddy River near Bhamo, in Kachin State, Myanmar. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Colegota China’s special envoy to Myanmar has reportedly urged two major ethnic armed groups to halt their military offensives in Kachin and Rakhine states,
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Earthquake of 4.2 magnitude jolts China 6/4/2025 4:50:00 AM.

Beijing, China: An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck China early Wednesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a statement. According to the NCS, the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km, which makes it more lik
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Earthquake of 4.2 Magnitude Jolts China 6/4/2025 3:25:00 AM.

Agency News ?Earthquake of 4.2 Magnitude Jolts China. By ANI An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck China early Wednesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a statement.
Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake (unconfirmed) - Myanmar (Burma): Myanmar-.. 6/3/2025 1:52:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Keng Tung , a city with more than 170,000 inhabitants in Myanmar , in 52 km (32 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking th
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),