M 5.6 in Pakistan on 24 Sep 2019 11:01 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1188306
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Glide number: EQ-2019-000117-PAK
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.1062 , 73.7655
Event Date: 24 Sep 2019 11:01 UTC
24 Sep 2019 16:01 Local
Exposed Population: About 93000 people in MMI
20240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Sep 2019 11:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.7 (Pakistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Pakistan= 5.7; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.3 1.3
us60005mqp Scaled population (raster) 3.81  
  C1 shakemap -3.12  
  C2 shakemap 1.16  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.07  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Pakistan - Earthquake (ECHO 25 Sep 2019)Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:05

  • An earthquake of 5.6 M at a depth of 10 km hit southern Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory (north-eastern Pakistan) on 24 September at 11.01 UTC. The epicentre was approximately 4 km south-southeast of New Mirpur City.
  • Up 3,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 910,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, at least 25 people have died and around 400 have been injured. Hundreds of houses have collapsed, many roads have been destroyed or damaged and as well as several bridges.
  • The national authorities have deployed rescue teams to help those affected.
  • For the next 48 hours, moderate to heavy rain with thunderstorms is forecast over the region hit by the earthquake.
Pakistan - Earthquake update (ECHO 26 Sep 2019)Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:09

  • Following the 5.6 magnitude earthquake in southern Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory (north-eastern Pakistan) on 24 September, the number of fatalities has increased to 38, with another 593 people injured.
  • More than 450 houses and 2 bridges were damaged across Mirpur and Jhelum, the two most affected areas.
  • On 25 September two tremors measuring 3.6 and 3.7 on the Richter scale, and another measuring 4.7 were felt.
  • Relief operations are ongoing, with the army are providing logistical and medical support to assist those affected.
  • DG ECHO's office in Islamabad has deployed two humanitarian experts to the affected area.
Pakistan - 5.6 M Earthquake update (ECHO 02 Oct 2019)Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:03

  • After the 5.6 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershock of 4.7 M in southern Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory (north-east Pakistan) on 24 September, the number of fatalities has increased.
  • According to the latest report by Muslim Aid from 30 September, 40 people died and more than 1,600 have been injured. 1,619 houses collapsed and 7,100 have been damaged.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: UNOSAT (1), EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),