Overall Green Earthquake in Tajikistan on 03 Apr 2026 10:26 UTC

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M 5.5 in Tajikistan on 03 Apr 2026 10:26 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 1532953
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.8967 , 70.917
Event Date:	03 Apr 2026 10:26 UTC 03 Apr 2026 15:26 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	03 Apr 2026 10:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	5.1 (Tajikistan)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us6000smbl	Scaled population (raster)	1.2
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),

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