M 4.9 in Afghanistan on 21 Mar 2015 17:44 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 1050640
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 99.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.4767 , 71.578
Event Date: 21 Mar 2015 17:44 UTC
21 Mar 2015 22:14 Local
Exposed Population:
590798 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2015 18:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.5 -0.5
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: 271 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Japón construirá un gigantesco muro costero para contener tsunamisMon, 23 Mar 2015 21:45:00 +0100.

Cuatro años después de que un poderoso tsunami devastase la costa nororiental de Japón, el país busca formas de evitar futuros desastres y concentra sus esfuerzos en la construcción de una cadena de muros de cemento a ser erigidos a lo larg
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Mulheres têm papel chave na prevenção de desastres naturaisMon, 23 Mar 2015 21:15:00 +0100.

Na linha de frente tanto no lar quanto nos hospitais, as mulheres são as primeiras vítimas de catástrofes naturais e epidemias, mas também atuam como peça-chave na prevenção. "Elas são as pessoas mais expostas aos desastres", afirmou a dire
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7.500 zulianos participarán en simulacro internacional de tsunami este ... Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:03:00 +0100.

Maracaibo, 23 Mar. AVN.- Todo está preparado en el estado Zulia, en el occidente de Venezuela, para el simulacro internacional de alerta de tsunami Caribe Wave 2, que se realizará este miércoles en más de 20 países del Mar Caribe. En esta e
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Nicaragua participará en ejercicio ante tsunami en el CaribeMon, 23 Mar 2015 20:32:00 +0100.

Nicaragua participará este 25 de marzo en el ejercicio de simulación de Alerta de Tsunami Caribe Wave/Lantex 15, organizado por Centro de Alerta de Tsunami del Pacífico (PTWC) y la Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental (COI-UNESCO). Est
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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),