M 5.1 in Azerbaijan on 11 May 2024 13:21 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 1428316
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 61.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.85 , 48.6873
Event Date: 11 May 2024 13:21 UTC
11 May 2024 17:21 Local
Exposed Population:
1.8 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 11 May 2024 13:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.7 (Azerbaijan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mxyc 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.
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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), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),