M 5.3 in Pakistan on 23 Oct 2015 00:27 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1069951
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 29.42 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.6639 , 70.3527
Event Date: 23 Oct 2015 00:27 UTC
23 Oct 2015 05:27 Local
Exposed Population:
7963218 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2015 00:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.3 1.3
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: 483 | About casualties: 136 | Last hour: 0

Puissant séisme en Asie du Sud, près de 300 morts morts au Pakistan et ... Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:21:00 +0100.

Un puissant séisme de magnitude 7,5 a secoué lundi l'Asie du Sud, faisant près de 300 morts au Pakistan et en Afghanistan, dont 12 écolières afghanes tuées dans une bousculade en fuyant leur école, selon de nouveaux bilans publiés dans la s
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Death toll ‘surpasses 200’ in south Asia earthquakeTue, 27 Oct 2015 00:20:00 +0100.

In Afghanistan’s Takhar province, a frenzied evacuation at a girls’ school ended in tragedy for at least twelve students, who were reportedly trampled under the feet of others trying to escape the building. The ‘quake struck some 75 kilomet
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Over 260 dead as earthquake strikes Afghanistan, PakistanTue, 27 Oct 2015 00:17:00 +0100.

KABUL--A massive earthquake struck remote and impoverished regions of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan on Oct. 26, killing at least 263 people as it shook buildings across South Asia and knocked out power and communications to already-isol
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Death toll ‘surpasses 200’ in south Asia earthquakeTue, 27 Oct 2015 00:17:00 +0100.

In Afghanistan’s Takhar province, a frenzied evacuation at a girls’ school ended in tragedy for at least twelve students, who were reportedly trampled under the feet of others trying to escape the building. The ‘quake struck some 75 kilomet
...(more)

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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),