M 5.2 in China on 17 Jun 2026 14:20 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 1547058
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.9513 , 95.621
Event Date: 17 Jun 2026 14:20 UTC
17 Jun 2026 22:20 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI>=V
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2026 15:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000stn8 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

Troops deployed for rescue missions after earthquake in Qinghai 6/17/2026 12:11:00 PM.

By Zhang Leifeng, Li Haoqi and Wu Shitao. Xining, June 17 -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China''s Qinghai Province at 17: 06 PM on June 16, 2026. The Chinese People''s Li
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China activates Level-IV emergency response following Qinghai earthqua.. 6/17/2026 8:35:00 AM.

This photo taken on June 16, 2026 shows scattered items inside a store after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China''s Qinghai Province. (Xinhua) BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The o
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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake in China! 1 person died, 8 people were inju.. 6/17/2026 8:14:00 AM.

17.06.2026 11:11 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake in China''s Qinghai province has killed 1 person and injured 8. Following the earthquake, schools and coal mines near the epicenter were evacuated, and the injured were reported to have been disch
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Cina, forte scossa in Qinghai: un morto e danni limitati, ma la paura .. 6/17/2026 7:25:00 AM.

Un terremoto di magnitudo 6.3 ha colpito martedì la provincia nord-occidentale del Qinghai, scuotendo un’area di alta quota nella prefettura di Haixi e causando almeno un morto e quattro feriti. La scossa, registrata alle 17:06 ora di Pechi
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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),