M 4.7 in Tajikistan on 15 Aug 2017 22:49 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 1119381
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.1779 , 73.974
Event Date: 15 Aug 2017 22:49 UTC
16 Aug 2017 03:49 Local
Exposed Population:
About 20000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2017 23:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Tajikistan= 5.1; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a8m9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Small earthquake strikes off Hawaii island’s east coastSat, 19 Aug 2017 21:48:00 +0200.

HONOLULU A magnitude 4.1 earthquake hit off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory says the earthquake struck at 8:35 p.m. Friday about 66 miles (107 kilometers) northeast of the town
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Small earthquake strikes off Hawaii island's east coastSat, 19 Aug 2017 21:43:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaii Volcano Observatory says the earthquake struck at 8:35 p.m. Friday about 66 miles (107 kilometers) northeast of the town of Hawaiian Beaches on the island's east coast. The agency reports that about 100
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Small earthquake strikes off Hawaii island's east coastSat, 19 Aug 2017 21:35:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaii Volcano Observatory says the earthquake struck at 8:35 p.m. Friday about 66 miles (107 kilometers) northeast of the town of Hawaiian Beaches on the island's east coast. The agency reports that about 100
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Small earthquake strikes off Hawaii island's east coastSat, 19 Aug 2017 21:34:00 +0200.

HONOLULU – A magnitude 4.1 earthquake hit off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaii Volcano Observatory says the earthquake struck at 8:35 p.m. Friday about 66 miles (107 kilometers) northeast of the to
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),