M 7 in China on 07 Jan 2025 01:05 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1461014
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.0M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000004-CHN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.58 , 87.3948
Event Date: 07 Jan 2025 01:05 UTC
07 Jan 2025 09:05 Local
Exposed Population: 7 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2025 01:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 1.5
us6000pi9w Scaled population (vector) 2.96  
  C1 rapid impact -0.37  
  C2 rapid impact 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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China, Nepal - Earthquake (ECHO 12 Jan 2025)Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:23

  • An earthquake of 7.1 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Xizang, Tibet Autonomous Region, south-western China, on 7 January at 01.05 UTC (9.05 local time). The epicentre was located approximately in Dingri County, 157 km south-western of Xigazê City in the Xizang Autonomous Region, and 230 km north-eastern of Kathmandu city in Nepal.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 4,000 people were exposed to severe shaking, 15,000 to very strong shaking and 57,000 people to strong shaking.
  • At least 13 aftershocks with a magnitude higher than 4.1 M have been recorded in the area.
  • According to media, at least 53 people died, 62 have been injured, and several people are still trapped. Several houses collapsed and power outages have been reported in Dingri County in southern Xizang, Tibet Autonomous Region. National authorities have deployed 1,500 people for search and rescue operations.
  • A strong tremor was felt across 13 northern districts in Nepal, including the capital city, Kathmandu. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) reported that there were no casualties or damage reported in the country.  
China, Nepal - Earthquake, update (ECHO 13 Jan 2025)Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:22

  • After the huge earthquake of 7.1 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Xizang prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, south-western China on 7 January at 01.05 UTC, the number of casualties has increased. The epicentre was located approximately in Dingri County, 157 km south-western of Xigazê city.
  • Media reports, as of 8 January, 126 fatalities, 188 injured people, 407 rescued people, 30,000 evacuated people, and a total of more than 46,500 affected people across 27 villages throughout the affected area. In addition media also reports over 3,600 damaged and destroyed houses.
  • National authorities have deployed so far a total of 14,668 emergency response personnel for search and rescue operations.
  • The Chinese Red Cross Society has launched an emergency reaction to provide 8,900 relief materials, including cotton tents, quilts, insulated jackets, and folding beds, to the earthquake-affected areas and is coordinating with private sectors and foundations to provide relief items and support the emergency response teams.
M7.1 in China - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 08 Jan 2025 17:09

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Residents in quake-hit Xizang getting relocated at mobile houses 1/11/2025 12:56:00 AM.

Residents make bed inside a mobile house at a temporary resettlement site in Gurum Village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China''s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. The first batch of 20 households, a total
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400 mobile houses start to be built in quake affected Lnaza County of .. 1/10/2025 11:48:00 PM.

Workers build mobile houses in Quxar Township of Lnaze County in Xigaze, southwest China''s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. A total of 400 mobile houses started to be built here on Friday in quake affected Lnaza County as part of t
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400 mobile houses start to be built in quake affected Lnaza County of .. 1/10/2025 11:46:00 PM.

Workers build mobile houses in Quxar Township of Lnaze County in Xigaze, southwest China''s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. A total of 400 mobile houses started to be built here on Friday in quake affected Lnaza County as part of t
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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 145 km southwest of Shache, Xinjiang, C.. 1/10/2025 11:40:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Yak''airike , a town with 10,000 inhabitants in China , in 113 km (70 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. The f
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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 (47), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),