M 4.5 in Afghanistan on 29 Jun 2026 11:33 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 1549181
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 204.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.5625 , 70.5788
Event Date: 29 Jun 2026 11:33 UTC
29 Jun 2026 16:03 Local
Exposed Population:
350 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 29 Jun 2026 13:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000t8yu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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),