M 5.1 in Pakistan on 27 Oct 2015 13:15 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 1070394
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.4455 , 66.0436
Event Date: 27 Oct 2015 13:15 UTC
27 Oct 2015 18:15 Local
Exposed Population:
456648 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2015 14:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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

Permalink to Pakistan Army's relief operation in full swing in KPK, Gi.. 10/31/2015 12:31:00 PM.

Last Updated On 31 October,2015 About 1 hour ago During the past 24 hours, army aviation helicopters have made 27 flights into the affected areas. RAWALPINDI (Local TV) Pakistan Army’s relief operation in quake hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkh
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PPLs relief goods for quake victims 10/31/2015 3:29:00 AM.

KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has dispatched first consignment of relief goods, comprising over 600 tents for the earthquake victims of the hard-hit areas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, a statement said. PPL Managing Director
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Quake death toll rises to 272 in KP 10/31/2015 3:29:00 AM.

PESHAWAR: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) alerted the governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan following the Met office’s forecast of rain and snowfall in the earthquake-affected areas. Also on Friday, the ND
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Rain, snowfall to hamper relief work: NDMA chief 10/31/2015 3:29:00 AM.

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Major General Asghar Nawaz on Friday said the spell of rain and snowfall, forecast to start from November 1, could impede relief activities in parts of the earthquake-hit areas.
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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),