M 5.9 in Pakistan on 24 Sep 2013 11:36 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 1006697
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 24.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.29 , 65.66
Event Date: 24 Sep 2013 11:36 UTC
24 Sep 2013 16:36 Local
Exposed Population:
326330 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2013 12:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 503 | About casualties: 127 | Last hour: 0

93 killed as 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits SW PakistanWed, 25 Sep 2013 05:01:00 +0200.

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 93 people were killed and over 200 others injured as an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude jolted Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon, according to officials and media repor
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ISLAMABAD: A major earthquake hit western Pakistan yesterday, killing ... Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:32:00 +0200.

World News Quake creates island off Pakistan. Posted on » Wednesday, September 25, 2013 ISLAMABAD: A major earthquake hit western Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 45 people and causing a new island to rise from the sea just off the coun
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Huge earthquake strikes PakistanWed, 25 Sep 2013 04:27:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake struck a remote part of western Pakistan yesterday and was felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, hundreds of miles to the east. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The US Geological Su
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70 perish as 7.8 magnitude quake hits BalochistanWed, 25 Sep 2013 04:15:00 +0200.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - Quetta—An earthquake of 7.8 magnitude jolted Balochistan resulting in death of at least 70 people, reported so far, devastating scores of homes and spreading panic across south west of the country. According
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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),