M 5.5 in Afghanistan on 19 Mar 2024 00:35 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.7078 , 65.3794
Event Date: 19 Mar 2024 00:35 UTC
19 Mar 2024 05:05 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000mjpj
Inserted at: 19 Mar 2024 01:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Afghanistan= 7.5; Pakistan= 5.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mjpj Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1559811 0 19 Mar 2024 00:35 5.4M, 10km 6.65 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:18 NEIC
1559817 0 19 Mar 2024 00:35 5.5M, 10km 6.75 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:59 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Afghanistan ,of Quandahar (population 765,696) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
2700 people
10000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Quandahar Afghanistan no people
Quandahar Afghanistan no people
Baluchistan Pakistan <1000 people
Quandahar Afghanistan <1000 people
Baluchistan Pakistan <1000 people
Quandahar Afghanistan 16000 people
Baluchistan Pakistan 20000 people
Helmand Afghanistan no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Seyyed Buskali Kandahar Afghanistan Village - 46 km
Azam Khan Balochistan Pakistan Village - 48 km
Mandowzi Kandahar Afghanistan Village - 55 km
Salam Kalay Kandahar Afghanistan Village - 58 km
Bilao Balochistan Pakistan Village - 60 km
Ahmad Wal Balochistan Pakistan Village - 62 km
Chagai Balochistan Pakistan Village - 64 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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