M 4.8 in Tajikistan on 21 Jul 2015 19:21 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 1061001
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 12.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.8707 , 69.7667
Event Date: 21 Jul 2015 19:21 UTC
22 Jul 2015 00:21 Local
Exposed Population:
1966535 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2015 20:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 412 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Cascadia, la falla que "amenaza con provocar un gran terremoto y tsuna ... Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:23:00 +0200.

El Mundo. Frente a las costas de Orégon y Washington existe una falla submarina que según los científicos, en un futuro próximo provocará un megaterremoto y un tsunami que pondrían en riesgo esa región La costa noroeste de EE.UU. enfrenta
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Caribe mantiene vigilancia sobre volcán submarinoSat, 25 Jul 2015 18:19:00 +0200.

Saint George’s, 25 jul (PL) Varias naciones caribeñas permanecen hoy en alerta ante la amenaza de erupción del volcán submarino Kick ’em Jenny y de un consecuente maremoto. El primer ministro de Granada, Keith Mitchell, informó que hasta el
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Alarm tsunami! Turyści w niebezpieczeństwieSat, 25 Jul 2015 17:17:00 +0200.

Na Karaibach i w Wenezueli podniesiono alarm z powodu uaktywnienia się podwodnego wulkanu Kick-em-Jenny , który znajduje się 8 km od północnego wybrzeża wyspy Grenady na Morzu Karaibskim. Wulkan może wybuchnąć lada chwila. Eksperci mówią, ż
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Legarda urges public to participate in metro-wide earthquake drillSat, 25 Jul 2015 17:04:00 +0200.

SENATOR Loren Legarda is urging the public to take part in the one-hour metro-wide earthquake drill in Metro Manila set for next week. The drill will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on July 30. The Metro Manila Development Authorit
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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),