M 4.5 in Afghanistan on 27 Jul 2026 17:47 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 1554420
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 116.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.6101 , 71.5913
Event Date: 27 Jul 2026 17:47 UTC
27 Jul 2026 22:17 Local
Exposed Population:
920 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2026 18:18 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
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tg5f 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

US Marine Corps welcomes delivery of final MV-22B Osprey 7/29/2026 5:19:00 PM.

A staple of the skies during the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey began its final chapter in service on Tuesday with the delivery of the last model. With the acceptance of the 359th — and final — tiltrotor
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US Marine Corps welcomes delivery of final MV-22B Osprey 7/29/2026 5:16:00 PM.

A staple of the skies during the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey began its final chapter in service on Tuesday with the delivery of the last model. With the acceptance of the 359th — and final — tiltrotor
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US Marine Corps welcomes delivery of final MV-22B Osprey 7/29/2026 4:49:00 PM.

A staple of the skies during the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey began its final chapter in service on Tuesday with the delivery of the last model. With the acceptance of the 359th — and final — tiltrotor
...(more)
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 29 7/29/2026 4:15:00 PM.

KABUL -- At least 351 people have lost their lives and 436 others were injured in rain-related disasters across Afghanistan over the past four months, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Tuesday. Torrential rains, acco
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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),