M 4.5 in Afghanistan on 19 Jul 2026 22:58 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 1552909
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 104.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.0341 , 70.5135
Event Date: 19 Jul 2026 22:58 UTC
20 Jul 2026 03:28 Local
Exposed Population:
1.3 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2026 23:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1uv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Heavy Rain Dampens Search For Dozens Missing In Afghanistan Flood 7/22/2026 10:27:00 AM.

Around 100 people are unaccounted for, the national disaster agency and the provincial governor’s office said, also updating the death toll from Monday’s flood. While dozens of rescuers searched for the missing in Parun, the capital of Nuri
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Heavy rain dampens search for dozens missing in Afghanistan flood 7/22/2026 9:59:00 AM.

An Afghan man sits near the rubble of a damaged house following flash floods at Parun town in Afghanistan''s Nuristan province on July 21, 2026. Heavy rain and warnings of further flooding dampened the search on July 21, for dozens of resid
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DEVASTATING FLOOD / Afghans search for dozens missing 7/21/2026 6:03:00 PM.

Rescuers were struggling to reach residents trapped under mud and boulders in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, after a major flood smashed through one province killing at least 23 people. Around 100 people are unaccounted for, the national d
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Heavy rain dampens search for dozens missing in Afghanistan flood 7/21/2026 1:39:00 PM.

Parun, Afghanistan: Heavy rain and warnings of further flooding dampened the search Tuesday for dozens of residents missing in eastern Afghanistan, after a major deluge smashed through one province killing at least 23 people. Around 100 peo
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),