M 4.9 in Pakistan on 24 Mar 2017 01:23 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 1108504
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 20.06 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.1283 , 67.2024
Event Date: 24 Mar 2017 01:23 UTC
24 Mar 2017 06:23 Local
Exposed Population:
860000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Mar 2017 01:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us20008u6b Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 258 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Ученые: Падение астероида на месте кратера Ломоносова вызвало цунами н ... Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:06:00 +0200.

Группа ученых из США и Франции предположили, что несколько миллиардов лет назад падение астероида на поверхность Марса в месте расположения кратера Ломоносова могло вызвать масштабные цунами. Именно они могли сформировать особенности ландша
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Waters of Mars: Researchers Discover Evidence of Ancient Tsunamis on R ... Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:52:00 +0200.

In a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the international team detail their discovery of what they believe to be a tsunami impact crater. Proponents of the Wet Mars theory have been searching for such a crater for years
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Waters of Mars: Researchers Discover Evidence of Ancient Tsunamis on R ... Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:46:00 +0200.

In a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the international team detail their discovery of what they believe to be a tsunami impact crater. Proponents of the Wet Mars theory have been searching for such a crater for years
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),