Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan from 02 Feb 2006 21:49 UTC to 21:48

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M 4.9 in Pakistan from 02 Feb 2006 21:49 UTC to 21:48

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 16223
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	34.26 , 74.36
Event Date:	02 Feb 2006 21:48 UTC 03 Feb 2006 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:	4690000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	02 Feb 2006 23:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Meteo assessment

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Pakistan to train Bahraini social development staff (The Pakistan Link.. 2/18/2006 2:22:38 PM.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 : A four-member delegation of the Kingdom of Bahrain headed by Minister of Social Development, Dr. Fatima Muhammad Al-Balooshi will visit Pakistan on February 20 (Monday).

USAID funding Pakistan mothers, newborns project (The Pakistan Link) 2/18/2006 2:20:55 PM.

BHURBAN, Feb18: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) Project to work in ten districts in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, and provincia

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WFP desperately needs funds to sustain Pakistan helicopter lifeline (T.. 2/18/2006 2:20:35 PM.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 : The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said that US$24 million is urgently needed to maintain its helicopter 'lifeline' operation in Pakistan -- the largest relief helicopter operation in the UN's history -- u

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JCC documentary on quake-hit Pakistani kids (The Peninsula) 2/18/2006 5:33:56 AM.

doha: A documentary highlighting the consequences upon the lives of children who survived the devastating earthquake that struck parts of Pakistan in October last year, was yesterday telecast by the Doha-based Al Jazeera Children's Channel,

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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