China Earthquake Impact Data for January 2025 Event

A geospatial dataset from the World Food Programme's ADAM system detailing the impact of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Tibet, China, on January 7, 2025. The data includes the epicenter location at latitude 28.639 and longitude 87.3608 and indicates 19,366 people were impacted within a 50km radius. It was last updated by the WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping system on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported 50km impact radius.
• Mapping disaster response logistics using the precise epicenter coordinates.
• Assessing immediate humanitarian needs based on the reported count of impacted people.
• Integrating event data into larger disaster risk reduction analyses for the Himalayan region.

Strengths

• Provides precise geographic coordinates (latitude 28.639, longitude 87.3608) for the epicenter.
• Includes a quantified impact metric of 19,366 people within 50km.
• Sourced from an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-05-21, over a year after the event.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by an automated system following a sudden-onset emergency.

Time Range

January 7, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:46:38.310928

Geography

Tibet, China; epicenter 26km E of Tingri.