M 5.3 in China on 29 May 2026 06:55 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 1543115
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.2295 , 88.3187
Event Date: 29 May 2026 06:55 UTC
29 May 2026 14:55 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 29 May 2026 07:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sp82 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Update: No casualties reported after 5.0-magnitude quake hits China''s.. 5/29/2026 12:48:00 PM.

Firefighters prepare for rescue operations in Turpan City, northwest China''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua) URUMQI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- No casualties or property damage have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude eart
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Update: No casualties reported after 5.0-magnitude quake hits China''s.. 5/29/2026 12:46:00 PM.

Firefighters prepare for rescue operations in Turpan City, northwest China''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua) URUMQI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- No casualties or property damage have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude eart
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1st LD-Writethru: No casualties reported after 5.0-magnitude quake hit.. 5/29/2026 10:33:00 AM.

URUMQI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- No casualties or property damage have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck northwest China''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Friday. The earthquake jolted Toksun County,
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No casualties reported after 5.0-magnitude quake hits China''s Xinjian.. 5/29/2026 10:25:00 AM.

URUMQI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- No casualties or property damage have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck northwest China''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Friday. The earthquake jolted Toksun County,
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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),