M 4.9 in China on 04 Feb 2026 06:26 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 1522845
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.8559 , 83.1792
Event Date: 04 Feb 2026 06:26 UTC
04 Feb 2026 14:26 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2026 07:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000s6by 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.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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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),