M 4.5 in Pakistan on 21 Jul 2018 09:19 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 1151012
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 47.89 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.2827 , 74.0676
Event Date: 21 Jul 2018 09:19 UTC
21 Jul 2018 14:49 Local
Exposed Population:
11280000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2018 09:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.7 (Pakistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Pakistan= 5.7; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000gakd Scaled population (vector) 6.96  
  C1 earthquake 2.1  
  C2 earthquake -0.9  
  Country Vulnerability 0.87  
  INFORM_normalised 1.07  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 17 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Inadequate disaster managementWed, 25 Jul 2018 06:14:00 +0200.

LAHORE: The increasing frequency and severity of earthquakes shouldn’t come as a surprise to those who know that tectonic plates move to form new mountain ranges in the plains of Punjab and Sindh. This was stated by a Punjab University Depa
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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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Earthquake in western Iran injures 230Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:37:00 +0200.

Hundreds of people have been injured in a series of earthquakes in Western Iran, local officials said. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit late last night injuring hospitalising more than 20 in the cities of Kermanshah province, according to I
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Pakistan: Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Government of Khyb ... Sat, 21 Jul 2018 06:49:00 +0200.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is prone to natural hazards including floods, earthquake, landslides and cyclones resulting in widespread damage from time to time. Due to its specific geography and topography, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has 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),