M 4.6 in Afghanistan on 26 Apr 2014 17:48 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 1030592
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 75.19 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.2291 , 70.4001
Event Date: 26 Apr 2014 17:48 UTC
26 Apr 2014 22:18 Local
Exposed Population:
3027664 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2014 20:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 214 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Creepy ghost boat that looks like a sea monster comes ashore in Washin ... Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:13:00 +0200.

Looking like something from the deep, this barnacle encrusted boat has journeyed from the tsunami battered shores of Japan to the coast of Washington state.
Creepy ghost boat that looks like a sea monster comes ashore in Washin ... Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:08:00 +0200.

Looking like something from the deep, this barnacle encrusted boat has journeyed from the tsunami battered shores of Japan to the coast of Washington state.
Barco que pode ter saído do Japão após tsunami é encontrado na costa a ... Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:43:00 +0200.

Moradores de Ocean Shores, nos Estados Unidos, estão fascinados com o que poderia ser um dos vestígios do tsunami que atingiu o Japão em 2011: um barco coberto de algas e alguns animais marinhos foi encontrado no litoral da cidade As inform
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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),