M 5.3 in Pakistan on 21 Mar 2016 14:48 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 1082920
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7734 , 66.1026
Event Date: 21 Mar 2016 14:48 UTC
21 Mar 2016 19:48 Local
Exposed Population:
471164 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2016 16:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 418 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

doTERRA Wellness Advocate Serves on the Frontlines of Disaster ReliefFri, 25 Mar 2016 14:05:00 +0100.

. With viruses and health issues, like hepatitis and malaria, already plaguing many countries, the added destructive effects of a natural disaster can increase health risks and devastation. However, EMPACT Northwest is a disaster relief pro
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آلاء براءة بقرار رئاسيFri, 25 Mar 2016 14:03:00 +0100.

أكتب هذا المقال وأنا في الخرطوم لتطبيع علاقاتي مع السودان الشقيق، لأنّ علاقتي به تبقى متوترة في غير شهري ديسمبر ويناير؛ لأنّ شتاء السودان «ربيع»، ومارس في السودان هو شهر «الكوارس»، علما أننا في السودان مهذبون ولا نخرج ألسنتنا لنطق حروف مثل
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Japón mantendrá como símbolo el colegio donde murieron 74 niños por ts ... Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:51:00 +0100.

El Gobierno de esta localidad de la prefectura de Miyagi, muy castigada por la catástrofe de la que el pasado 11 de marzo se cumplieron cinco años, ha decidido mantener los restos del edificio en homenaje a las víctimas y pese a la intensa
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Miyagi city to preserve school building hit by 3/11 tsunamiFri, 25 Mar 2016 12:14:00 +0100.

SENDAI – The city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture has decided to preserve the building in an elementary school where 74 children and 10 staff died in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, sources close to the matter said Friday. Desp
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),