M 4.6 in Afghanistan on 29 Jun 2020 12:53 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 1224462
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 133.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.2585 , 71.469
Event Date: 29 Jun 2020 12:53 UTC
29 Jun 2020 17:53 Local
Exposed Population:
760000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Jun 2020 14:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Pakistan= 5.7; Tajikistan= 5.1

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000aeb5 Scaled population (vector) 5.72  
  C1 earthquake 1.5  
  C2 earthquake 0.07  
  Country Vulnerability 0.45  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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5.5 Earthquake Strikes Near Rajkot In Gujarat: Centre For SeismologySun, 14 Jun 2020 17:49:00 +0200.

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Hearer Of Silent Screams Worldwide: Turkish Red CrescentThu, 11 Jun 2020 09:38:00 +0200.

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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),