M 4.8 in Afghanistan on 13 Jan 2016 14:19 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 1078524
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 92.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.5469 , 71.2022
Event Date: 13 Jan 2016 14:19 UTC
13 Jan 2016 18:49 Local
Exposed Population:
783840 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2016 14:42 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: 292 | About casualties: 32 | Last hour: 0

Seism cu magnitudinea 5,5 grade pe scara Richter în IndoneziaSun, 17 Jan 2016 13:37:00 +0100.

Un seism cu magnitudinea 5,5 a avut loc duminică într-o regiune izolată din estul Indoneziei, provocând rănirea a opt persoane şi deteriorarea a 120 de locuinţe în două localităţi unde seismul s-a resimţit mai puternic, au transmis autorită
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Indonesia quake injures eight, damages housesSun, 17 Jan 2016 13:32:00 +0100.

Jakarta (VNA) - Eight people were hurt and about 120 houses damaged when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Indonesia on January 17. The earthquake struck at a depth of 46 kilometres at 8:22 am local time in the Banda Sea near the Mal
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Al menos ocho personas heridas por terremoto en IndonesiaSun, 17 Jan 2016 12:42:00 +0100.

Yakarta, 17 ene (VNA)- Al menos ocho personas resultaron heridas y más de 120 casas fueron destruidas por un terremoto de 5,5 grados de escala de Richter ocurrido hoy en las islas de Banda, cerca del archipiélago de Maluku. Según la Agenci
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Sismo de magnitude 5,5 na escala de Richter atinge a Indonésia e provo ... Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:27:00 +0100.

Sismo ocorreu no início da manhã no mar de Banda, a uma profundidade de 46 quilómetros, na província das Molucas. Um sismo de magnitude 5,5 na escala de Richter atingiu hoje uma região isolada no leste da Indonésia, provocando oito feridos
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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.
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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),