M 4.7 in Tajikistan on 14 Aug 2016 15:11 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 1091864
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 4.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.922 , 72.4297
Event Date: 14 Aug 2016 15:11 UTC
14 Aug 2016 20:11 Local
Exposed Population:
About 50052 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2016 19:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ds1 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: 289 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

17:27 Two Russian mountaineers killed by avalanche while ascending Ism ... Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:00:00 +0200.

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2016, Asia-Plus – Two Russian climbers have been killed by an avalanche while ascending the Ismoili Somoni Peak in Tajikistan. According to the Climbing Federation of Russia, the tragedy took place on August 14 at 7:50
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PIB de Chile crece 1,5% en el segundo trimestre y resulta mejor a lo e ... Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:41:00 +0200.

Entre abril y junio se contabilizaron además tres días laborales más que en el mismo lapso del año pasado, con un efecto calendario igual a 0,4 puntos porcentuales. El PIB del período abril-junio, difundido el jueves por el Banco Central,
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PIB de Chile crece 1,5 pct en segundo trimestre, mejor a lo esperadoThu, 18 Aug 2016 14:23:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - El Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) de Chile creció un 1,5 por ciento en el segundo trimestre, una variación mejor a la esperada, en medio de un ciclo de bajo desempeño de la minería y de la inversión que fue compensado por
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Second biggest earthquake hits North QueenslandThu, 18 Aug 2016 14:17:00 +0200.

. Irish Sun Thursday 18th August, 2016 • Cairn and Mackay airports were evacuated post the quake. • Six aftershocks were recorded in the region. • There is no threat of tsunami. QUEENSLAND, Australia An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck of
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),