M 5.1 in Pakistan on 27 Oct 2015 13:15 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 1070394
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.4455 , 66.0436
Event Date: 27 Oct 2015 13:15 UTC
27 Oct 2015 18:15 Local
Exposed Population:
456648 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2015 14:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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: 326 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

UK scientists use Google Street View photos to assess natural disaster ... Sat, 31 Oct 2015 12:44:00 +0100.

Photographs from Google Street View are being used by British scientists to assess the damage caused by major natural disasters. Researchers from the University of Southampton have been investigating how images created by the Google Street
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Permalink to Pakistan Army's relief operation in full swing in KPK, Gi ... Sat, 31 Oct 2015 12:31:00 +0100.

Last Updated On 31 October,2015 About 1 hour ago During the past 24 hours, army aviation helicopters have made 27 flights into the affected areas. RAWALPINDI (Local TV) Pakistan Army’s relief operation in quake hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkh
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UK scientists use Google Street View photos to assess natural disaster ... Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:46:00 +0100.

Researchers from the University of Southampton have been investigating how images created by the Google Street View cars can be used to compare with photos taken after earthquakes and other major events such as tsunamis to not only establis
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Centenas de pessoas poderão retornar em breve à região de FukushimaSat, 31 Oct 2015 08:52:00 +0100.

TÓQUIO - O Japão vai suspender uma ordem de exclusão em uma região próxima à central nuclear acidentada de Fukushima, o que permitirá a alguns moradores retornar para suas casas. "A suspensão formal da ordem de retirada entrará em vigor em
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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),