Overall Green Earthquake alert in Afghanistan on 01 Nov 2015 12:50 UTC

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M 4.7 in Afghanistan on 01 Nov 2015 12:50 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 1070875
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	211.42 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.4799 , 70.4448
Event Date:	01 Nov 2015 12:50 UTC 01 Nov 2015 17:20 Local
Exposed Population:	1474207 people within 100km
Inserted at:	01 Nov 2015 13:12 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

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 581 | About casualties: 53 | Last hour: 0

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At least 21 dead as rescuers scrabble through Lahore factory rubbleThu, 05 Nov 2015 11:41:00 +0100.

LAHORE: Rescuers searching for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed under construction factory here worked through the night into Thursday in a bid to find people trapped in a disaster that has already claimed 21 lives. Over At leas

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Pakistan : Une usine s’effondre; les ouvriers accusent le propriétaire ... Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:30:00 +0100.

La course contre la montre a commencé pour retrouver les survivants de l’effondrement d’une usine proche de Lahore, dans l’est du Pakistan...Au moins 18 personnes sont mortes dans l’accident...La catastrophe s’est produite mercredi soir dan

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Une usine s’effondre: les secours recherchent des rescapésThu, 05 Nov 2015 11:17:00 +0100.

Selon le responsable des services administratifs de la ville, Mohammad Usman, les secouristes ont pu extraire 102 rescapés depuis le drame. Mais le nombre de personnes présentes dans le bâtiment au moment de l’effondrement n’est pas encore

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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),

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