M 4.7 in Pakistan on 19 Oct 2015 14:17 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 1069595
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 99.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.8962 , 63.9003
Event Date: 19 Oct 2015 14:17 UTC
19 Oct 2015 19:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 93961 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2015 16:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -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.
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Latest media headlines

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Pakistan: 5.3 magnitude earthquake rattles Punjab province 10/23/2015 7:24:00 AM.

An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude rattled the Punjab province of Pakistan on Friday morning, according to reports. The tremor took place at 5:30am local time. The epicentre was 11 km north of Dajal town and 23km west of Jampur, as per US Geolo
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5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan's Punjab province 10/23/2015 6:23:00 AM.

The epicentre was 11 km north of Dajal town, Xinhua quoted the US Geological Survey as saying. ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude was felt across Pakistan's Punjab province on Friday, authorities said. The epicentre was 11 km nort
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),