M 5.9 in Afghanistan on 22 Nov 2015 18:16 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1073227
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 92.41 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.4848 , 71.4613
Event Date: 22 Nov 2015 18:16 UTC
22 Nov 2015 22:46 Local
Exposed Population:
590211 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Nov 2015 18:36 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

Articles: 640 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

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Terremoto magnitudo 3.4 nel Tirreno meridionaleThu, 26 Nov 2015 17:32:00 +0100.

2.7 a Bologna : epicentro a Gaggio Montano : Scossa di Terremoto con epicentro a Gaggio Montano Un Terremoto di magnitudo 2.7 si è verificato nella provinciadi Bologna alle 13:46 ora italiana ad una profondità di 7 km. Il sisma è stato loca
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Sismo de magnitud 6,7 sacude el sudoeste de BrasilThu, 26 Nov 2015 17:09:00 +0100.

. La madrugada del jueves se ha registrado un sismo de 6,7 grados en el sudoeste de Brasil, a 130 kilómetros del municipio de Tarauacá, en el estado de Acre. De acuerdo con la información suministrada por el Servicio Geológico de Estados U
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Afrique: La multiplication des catastrophes liées au climat menace de ... Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:41:00 +0100.

communiqué de presse. Rome Dans les pays en développement, la principale victime est l'agriculture. La fréquence et la gravité des sécheresses, inondations, tempêtes et autres calamités induites par le changement climatique se sont intensif
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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),