M 4.9 in Afghanistan on 27 Jan 2017 07:40 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 1104164
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 36.4553 , 71.3215
Event Date: 27 Jan 2017 07:40 UTC
27 Jan 2017 12:10 Local
Exposed Population:
540000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jan 2017 07:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Pakistan= 5.7; Tajikistan= 5.1

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.5 -0.5
us10007vnn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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New Indonesia tsunami network could add crucial minutesTue, 31 Jan 2017 07:13:00 +0100.

FILE- In this Nov. 15, 2005 file photo, a buoy which is a part of a tsunami warning system developed by GITEWS (German-Indonesian Contribution for the Installation of a Tsunami Warning System) floats in on the sea as German R.V. Sonne is se
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New Indonesia tsunami network could add crucial minutesTue, 31 Jan 2017 06:59:00 +0100.

FILE- In this Nov. 15, 2005 file photo, a buoy which is a part of a tsunami warning system developed by GITEWS (German-Indonesian Contribution for the Installation of a Tsunami Warning System) floats in on the sea as German R.V. Sonne is se
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Remote Solomon Islands To Lose Radio Broadcasts With ABC ShutdownTue, 31 Jan 2017 06:57:00 +0100.

Australian broadcaster to end short-wave service; leaving thousands with no radio. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Jan. 31, 2017) – Thousands of people in remote parts of Solomon Islands who tune in to the ABC's sh
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New Indonesia tsunami network could add crucial minutesTue, 31 Jan 2017 06:39:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) " Indonesia's tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientist
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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),