M 5.6 in Pakistan on 12 Mar 2012 06:06 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 115441
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 49.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.7956 , 73.1722
Event Date: 12 Mar 2012 06:06 UTC
12 Mar 2012 11:06 Local
Exposed Population:
238259 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Mar 2012 06:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 1.5
usb0008ffg 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Guam Community College Named to President’s Community Service Honor Ro.. 3/16/2012 4:42:00 AM.

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Health groups tackle 'tsunami' of booze ads 3/16/2012 2:23:00 AM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),