M 4.6 in Tajikistan on 01 Dec 2021 03:46 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 1299469
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.7192 , 70.2525
Event Date: 01 Dec 2021 03:46 UTC
01 Dec 2021 08:46 Local
Exposed Population:
1.1 million in 100km
Inserted at: 01 Dec 2021 23:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Tajikistan= 5.1; Kyrgyzstan= 4.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000g832 Scaled population (vector) 5.9  
  C1 earthquake 1.5  
  C2 earthquake 0.07  
  Country Vulnerability 0.45  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
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Latest media headlines

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),