M 5.5 in Tajikistan on 20 May 2015 03:31 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 1055338
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 11.24 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.6624 , 70.1553
Event Date: 20 May 2015 03:31 UTC
20 May 2015 08:31 Local
Exposed Population:
1211027 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2015 03:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 397 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

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Los propietarios del partido impreso ya no pudieron contenerse. A pesar de todo lo que se les ha antojado mal decir, las estrellas del cine, del deporte y del canto; turistas e inversionistas de diversas latitudes, siguen ingresando a nuest
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Tokyo to give $453m to Pacific islands to curb climate changeSun, 24 May 2015 01:34:00 +0200.

08:36 Tokyo to give $453m to Pacific islands to curb climate change. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged $453 million in aid to Pacific island nations in the upcoming three years “to foster resilient capabilities that will not be
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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),