M 4.7 in Tajikistan on 05 May 2017 06:38 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 1112134
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.4404 , 71.4514
Event Date: 05 May 2017 06:38 UTC
05 May 2017 11:38 Local
Exposed Population:
550000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 May 2017 07:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.1 (Tajikistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Tajikistan= 5.1; Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; Uzbekistan= 4.1

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10008pl5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 247 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Terremotos de 6,4 y 5 grados...Tue, 09 May 2017 06:23:00 +0200.

Dos terremotos de 6,4 y 5 grados en la escala abierta de Richter sacudieron este martes (hora local) el sur de Japón sin activar la alerta de tsunami y sin que las autoridades hayan informado de daños materiales o personales. El primer sism
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Sismo de magnitude 6 sacode sul do Japão sem alerta de tsunamiTue, 09 May 2017 06:22:00 +0200.

Um sismo de magnitude 6 na escala de Richter sacudiu hoje o sul do Japão, sem que tenha sido emitido alerta de tsunami. O terramoto ocorreu a uma profundidade de dez quilómetros ao largo da pequena ilha de Miyako, a sul de Okinawa, segundo
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زلزال قوته 6 درجات يضرب جنوب اليابانTue, 09 May 2017 06:18:00 +0200.

ضرب زلزال قوي جنوب اليابان الثلاثاء، ولم ترد تقارير فورية عن سقوط ضحايا أو أضرار أو تحذيرات من حصول تسونامي. وسُجّلت الهزة التي بلغت قوتها 6 درجات، على عمق 10 كيلومترات قبالة جزيرة مياكو الصغيرة جنوب أرخبيل أوكيناوا، وفقاً لهيئة المسح الجيو
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AFP: Strong quake hits southern Japan, no tsunami riskTue, 09 May 2017 06:13:00 +0200.

Tokyo. A strong earthquake hit southern Japan on Tuesday, though there was no tsunami warning nor immediate reports of damage or injuries, AFP reported. The magnitude 6.0 quake hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) in waters off the i
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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),