M 5.5 in Afghanistan on 01 Jul 2026 17:57 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 1549600
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 216.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.5317 , 70.4468
Event Date: 01 Jul 2026 17:57 UTC
01 Jul 2026 22:27 Local
Exposed Population: 9 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 01 Jul 2026 18:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000t9gg Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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

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Afghanistan frequently experiences earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush region, which lies in a highly active seismic zone, according to the Red Cross. ......
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BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at 1757 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 174.8 km, was initially de
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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