M 4.6 in Tajikistan on 08 Nov 2018 15:01 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 1161654
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 19.98 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7212 , 70.1876
Event Date: 08 Nov 2018 15:01 UTC
08 Nov 2018 20:01 Local
Exposed Population:
2290000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Nov 2018 16:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Tajikistan= 5.1

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hp9v Scaled population (vector) 6.34  
  C1 earthquake 1.5  
  C2 earthquake 0.07  
  Country Vulnerability 0.45  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 12 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts TajikistanSat, 20 Oct 2018 10:04:00 +0200.

By Trend A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred Oct. 19 in Tajikistan, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. According to Pakistani media, the tremors were also felt around Islamabad. The USGS reported that the earthquake in Tajikistan occ
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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts TajikistanFri, 19 Oct 2018 22:17:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred Oct. 19 in Tajikistan, Trend reported citing the US Geological Survey (USGS). According to Pakistani media, the tremors were also felt around Islamabad. The USGS reported that the earthquake in Tajikistan
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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts TajikistanFri, 19 Oct 2018 20:07:00 +0200.

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 19. Trend: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred Oct. 19 in Tajikistan, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. According to Pakistani media, the tremors were also felt around Islamabad. The USGS reported that the ea
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5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Kashmir valleyFri, 19 Oct 2018 16:49:00 +0200.

. According to the USGS, the earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck 27 kilometres north of Murghob in Tajikistan at a depth of 138 kilometres. GK Web Desk Srinagar, Publish Date: Oct 19 2018 7:53PM | Updated Date: Oct 19 2018
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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),