M 5.5 in Mongolia on 26 Apr 2026 04:23 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 11 Km
Lat/Lon: 46.8638 , 93.0122
Event Date: 26 Apr 2026 04:23 UTC
26 Apr 2026 11:23 Local
Exposed Population: 8 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000ssxt
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2026 15:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.1 (Mongolia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ssxt Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
  Score no CC 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1702288 0 26 Apr 2026 04:23 5.9M, 10km 6.45 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1702381 0 26 Apr 2026 04:23 5.5M, 11km 5.22 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 11:18 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Mongolia ,of Hovd (population 90,242) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
7900 people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1702288 92.968/46.789 5.9 10 7.495 26 Apr 2026 04:50 00:27 (new episode)
2 0 1702288 92.968/46.789 5.9 10 7.536 26 Apr 2026 06:50 02:27 (upd of #1)
3 0 1702381 93.012/46.864 5.5 11 6.627 26 Apr 2026 16:00 11:37 (new episode)
4 0 1702381 93.012/46.864 5.5 11 6.674 27 Apr 2026 14:00 1d 09:37 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Hovd Mongolia no people
Hovd Mongolia no people
Hovd Mongolia 8100 people
Hovd Mongolia 17000 people
Govi-Altay Mongolia 2800 people
Bayan-Olgiy Mongolia no people
Dzavhan Mongolia no people
Uvs Mongolia no people
Hovd Mongolia <1000 people
Govi-Altay Mongolia <1000 people
Bayan-Olgiy Mongolia 2100 people
Dzavhan Mongolia 1200 people
Xinjiang China <1000 people
Uvs Mongolia no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Möst Hovd Mongolia Village - 25 km
Darri Hovd Mongolia Village - 46 km
Manhan Hovd Mongolia Village - 86 km
Tonhil Govi-Altay Mongolia Village - 92 km
Altay Hovd Mongolia Village - 130 km
Bulgan Hovd Mongolia Village - 142 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Bulgan Sum 1194 Civ. Paved No 5800 138 km

More information

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