M 5.6 in Afghanistan on 15 Apr 2025 23:14 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 1477417
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 99 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9389 , 70.564
Event Date: 15 Apr 2025 23:14 UTC
16 Apr 2025 03:44 Local
Exposed Population: 1.2 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2025 00:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000q6c3 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Tremors rattle parts of country again 4/19/2025 10:35:00 PM.

ISLAMABAD: A powerful 5.9-magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Pakistan on Saturday morning, triggering panic in major urban centres including Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and numerous regions across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punja
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Various cities shaken by 5.9 magnitude quake 4/19/2025 9:56:00 PM.

ISLAMABAD: A powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude shook various cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Saturday, causing alarm among residents. The National Seismic Monitoring Centr
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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Afghanistan, tremors felt in Delhi 4/19/2025 5:37:00 PM.

By Matthew Atungwu. The National Center for Seismology, NCS, has reported that a powerful earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon at 12:17 pm IST. The quake’s epicentre was located at 36.10 de
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Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake In Afghanistan Shakes Parts Of Pakistan 4/19/2025 5:28:00 PM.

- AzerNews) A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Pakistan''s northern border on Saturday morning, with tremors felt in several cities including Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar, Azernews reports, citing Tribune. Residents in affected areas
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), WMO (1), INFORM (2),