M 5.2 in Afghanistan on 05 Sep 2025 01:30 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 1498957
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000159-AFG
Depth: 9.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.6668 , 70.7909
Event Date: 05 Sep 2025 01:30 UTC
05 Sep 2025 06:00 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 05 Sep 2025 01:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Pakistan= 5.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us7000qtzt Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

This Afghan Teen Is The Sole Survivor Of His Family After Deadly Earth.. 9/9/2025 12:16:00 AM.

Hamidullah weeps as he stands in the ruins of his family home in eastern Afghanistan that was destroyed by a devastating earthquake last week. The teenager is his family''s sole survivor of the midnight tremor that struck the remote mountai
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Dubai Humanitarian airlift delivers vital aid to Afghanistan following.. 9/8/2025 11:50:00 PM.

DUBAI, 8th September, 2025 (WAM) - Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Humanitarian has dispatched an emergency airlift to Afghan
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WHO Says Delivered 35 Tonnes of Medical Supplies to Earthquake Hit Afg.. 9/8/2025 11:02:00 PM.

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it had delivered 35 tonnes of medical supplies to Afghanistan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake. "35 metric tonnes of lifesaving medical supplies arrive
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Tajikistan Sent Over 3,000 Tonnes of Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan P.. 9/8/2025 10:34:00 PM.

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Tajikistan has sent over 3,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Afghanistan, the Tajik presidential office said. "On the morning of September 8, on the instructions of the President of the Rep
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),