M 6.3 in China on 16 Jun 2026 09:06 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 1546719
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.8888 , 95.4028
Event Date: 16 Jun 2026 09:06 UTC
16 Jun 2026 17:06 Local
Exposed Population: 9 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2026 09:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.9 1.9
us7000stbz Scaled population (raster) 3.65  
  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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Meteo assessment
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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

1 killed as strong earthquake strikes northwestern China 6/16/2026 12:18:00 PM.

At least one person was killed and four others were wounded after a strong earthquake struck northwestern China on Tuesday, state media reported. The 6.3 magnitude quake hit the Haixi prefecture in Qinghai province at 5.06 pm local time (09
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One dead and four people injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in C.. 6/16/2026 12:17:00 PM.

BEIJING (Reuters): A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring four others, state media reported, citing emergency authorities. The quake struck a high-alt
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6.3-magnitude quake hits northwest China 6/16/2026 12:14:00 PM.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Haixi prefecture in Qinghai province on Tuesday afternoon, with Chinese state media reporting no immediate casualties or structural damage in the northwestern region near the border with Gansu province, acc
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WORLD Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits China’s Qinghai, kills 1, injures .. 6/16/2026 12:11:00 PM.

State agency Xinhua reported that rescue teams were rushing to the site to search for people trapped and were assessing risks of secondary disasters. (EPA Images pic) The quake struck a high-altitude area in the prefecture of Haixi in Qing
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),