M 5.1 in China on 18 May 2026 13:44 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1541314
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Glide number: EQ-2026-000073-CHN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4799 , 109.2073
Event Date: 18 May 2026 13:44 UTC
18 May 2026 21:44 Local
Exposed Population: 6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 18 May 2026 14:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.3 1.3
us6000syik Scaled population (raster) 2.6  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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

È la Cina che detta il ritmo 5/22/2026 8:24:00 AM.

Avevamo già scritto di come, secondo la nuova “Strategia Usa per la sicurezza nazionale” documento dato alle stampe dalla Casa Bianca lo scorso dicembre, l’unico avversario globale della superpotenza statunitense sia la Cina e di quanti sfo
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È la Cina che detta il ritmo 5/22/2026 8:14:00 AM.

Avevamo già scritto di come, secondo la nuova “Strategia Usa per la sicurezza nazionale” documento dato alle stampe dalla Casa Bianca lo scorso dicembre, l’unico avversario globale della superpotenza statunitense sia la Cina e di quanti sfo
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Infographic_Regional Humanitarian Snapshot - Asia & The Pacific_OCHA_0.. 5/22/2026 6:08:00 AM.

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot 5 - 18 May 2026 OCHA presence PA C I F I C O C E A NBay of Bengal I N D I A N O C E A N A U S T R A L I A MONGOLIA MALAYSIA JAPAN LAO PDR AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN CHINA PAKISTAN SRI LANKA
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China Allocates Funds to Support Urgent Recovery in Earthquake-Affecte.. 5/22/2026 4:12:00 AM.

Published on: 2026-05-22. Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Beijing, May 22 /Xinhua/ — The State Committee for Development and Reform /SCDR/ has allocated 50 million yu
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),