M 4.8 in Afghanistan on 21 Jul 2018 05:18 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 1150985
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 119.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.1911 , 69.4645
Event Date: 21 Jul 2018 05:18 UTC
21 Jul 2018 09:48 Local
Exposed Population:
2740000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2018 05:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000gafx Scaled population (vector) 6.29  
  C1 earthquake 1.5  
  C2 earthquake 0.07  
  Country Vulnerability 0.45  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 20 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake round the corner! The world experiences millions of earthqu ... Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:18:00 +0200.

The world experiences millions of earthquakes each year. But not many can be felt because of their low intensity and magnitude. Generally, a few catastrophic earthquakes occur each year, such as the one that hit Port-au-Prince of Haiti in 2
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Myanmar: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot ( ... Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:34:00 +0200.

MYANMAR. Armed clashes and insecurity in Shan State have displaced more than 2,800 people since 9 July in Namtu, Mongkaing, and Namhkan townships. Fighting has been reported between the Myanmar Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State
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Co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon to be presented with Pat Tillman Aw ... Thu, 19 Jul 2018 03:18:00 +0200.

Since 2010, when it started on the ground in Haiti , Team Rubicon has been helping others rebuild their homes and more importantly their lives after disasters in the US and abroad. And Wednesday, co-founder and CEO Jake Wood is expected to
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19h53 Coulée de boue en Afghanistan: à la recherche des survivantsThu, 12 Jul 2018 18:58:00 +0200.

Les villageois recherchaient jeudi des survivants d'une coulée de boue qui a enseveli des villages entiers et fait au moins dix morts et disparus dans la vallée du Panjshir, en Afghanistan. Déclenchée par le débordement d'un lac de montagne
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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),