M 4.5 in Afghanistan on 29 May 2016 06:45 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 1087180
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 92.05 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.0551 , 70.8097
Event Date: 29 May 2016 06:45 UTC
29 May 2016 11:15 Local
Exposed Population:
536623 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 May 2016 07:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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: 499 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Séisme de magnitude 6,5 au large des côtes d'IndonésieThu, 02 Jun 2016 06:34:00 +0200.

Bien que les habitants aient été choqués par la secousse, aucun dégât ni victime ne sont à déplorer jeudi. Un séisme de magnitude 6,5 a frappé au large de l'île de Sumatra en Indonésie jeudi matin, a annoncé l'Institut américain d'études g
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Earthquake measuring 6.5 rattles Indonesia; no damage reportedThu, 02 Jun 2016 06:27:00 +0200.

Earthquake rattles Indonesia. Pictured: Residents walk on a collapsed mosque in Blang Mancung village after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Aceh province July 3, 2013 [Representational Image]. Reuters. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5
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الديار: هل تنجح محاولات الالتفاف على النتائج البلدية ؟ لهذا السبب سأل ... Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:26:00 +0200.

وطنية - كتبت صحيفة "الديار" تقول:لا مجال للنظر الى لبنان من داخل لبنان، بدا ان صناديق الاقتراع أعلنت وفاة الطبقة السياسية بكل اركانها، الرئيس تمام سلام الذي اعطى لحكومته ذلك الاسم الغريب "المصلحة الوطنية"، قال ان حكومته هي حكومة كل المصالح
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6.5-magnitude quake rattles Indonesia's Sumatra, no damage reportedThu, 02 Jun 2016 06:21:00 +0200.

SYDNEY: An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 6.5 was recorded off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday (Jun 2), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake, which had an initial magnitude of 6.2, was centred about 155
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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),