M 5 in Afghanistan on 13 Jul 2014 16:23 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 1035963
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 26.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.4691 , 67.6578
Event Date: 13 Jul 2014 16:23 UTC
13 Jul 2014 20:53 Local
Exposed Population:
2413109 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jul 2014 18:29 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 469 | About casualties: 59 | Last hour: 0

Typhoon takes aim at China after killing 38 in PhilippinesThu, 17 Jul 2014 15:18:00 +0200.

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on Thursday after a typhoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight missing, rescue officials said.
Sismo abala zona de desastre no JapãoThu, 17 Jul 2014 15:11:00 +0200.

Um sismo de grau 6.8 na escala de Richter foi registado ao largo do Japão. Não há notícia de vítimas ou de estragos materiais graves. O abalo aconteceu próximo da zona de Fukushima, que em há três anos foi devastada por um violento tremor d
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Prof. Dr. Gücü: ÇED raporu 'Akkuyu buraya yapılmamalı' diye bağırıyorThu, 17 Jul 2014 15:07:00 +0200.

Mersin’in Erdemli İlçesi’nde bulunan ODTÜ Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü’nde görev yapan Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal Gücü, Akkuyu Nükleer Güç Santrali’nin Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı’na sunulan revize Çevresel Etki Değerlendirmesi (ÇED) raporunun 'Akk
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Typhoon takes aim at China after killing 38 in PhilippinesThu, 17 Jul 2014 13:34:00 +0200.

MANILA, July 17 (Reuters) - The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on Thursday after a typhoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight missing, rescue official
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),