M 4.6 in Afghanistan on 24 Apr 2015 06:20 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 1052792
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 48.74 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.3131 , 68.5451
Event Date: 24 Apr 2015 06:20 UTC
24 Apr 2015 10:50 Local
Exposed Population:
2894449 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Apr 2015 06:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 375 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

La communauté montagnarde entre angoisse et mobilisationTue, 28 Apr 2015 06:13:00 +0200.

Le séisme a eu l’effet d’un tsunami d’avalanches et ce lundi encore, dans les Alpes, l’incertitude demeurait concernant le sort de certains montagnards et proches népalais. « Nous estimons que plusieurs centaines de trekkeurs et alpinistes
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Fairfax County rescue group headed to Nepal to help in recovery effort ... Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:07:00 +0200.

Members of a Fairfax County rescue group headed to Nepal over the weekend to take part in disaster-recovery efforts after Saturday’s earthquake, which has already claimed more than 4,300 lives. The Fire and Rescue Department said its team,
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Costa VerdeTue, 28 Apr 2015 06:00:00 +0200.

Se precisó que la iniciativa para la construcción de un pequeño malecón deberá ser informada y autorizada por la Marina de Guerra del Perú. En Mi ciudad | 28 mar. A pesar que se buscaba generar un mensaje a favor del medio ambiente, muchas
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Nepal earthquake: Rescue teams arrive too late to save lives, it's tim ... Tue, 28 Apr 2015 05:58:00 +0200.

As international rescue teams pour into Kathmandu to assist locals with the retrieval of the injured from rubble, they are unlikely to find many more survivors. While there's always a chance a small number of survivors might be trapped in "
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),