Overall Green Earthquake in Afghanistan on 01 Jul 2026 17:57 UTC

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M 5.5 in Afghanistan on 01 Jul 2026 17:57 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:	216.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.5317 , 70.4468
Event Date:	01 Jul 2026 17:57 UTC 01 Jul 2026 22:27 Local
Exposed Population:	9 million in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us6000t9gg
Inserted at:	01 Jul 2026 18:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000t9gg	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1715684		0	01 Jul 2026 17:57	5.5M, 216.7km	3.26	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Pakistan ,of Badakhshan (population 666,668) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1715684	70.447/36.532	5.5	216.7	3.231	01 Jul 2026 18:22	00:25	(new episode)
2	1715684	70.447/36.532	5.5	216.7	3.231	01 Jul 2026 18:30	00:33	(upd of #1)
3	1715684	70.449/36.567	5.5	212.9	3.259	01 Jul 2026 19:41	01:44	(upd of #2)
4	1715684	70.449/36.567	5.5	212.9	3.259	01 Jul 2026 19:48	01:51	(upd of #3)
5	1715684	70.449/36.567	5.5	212.9	3.259	01 Jul 2026 20:21	02:24	(upd of #4)
6	1715684	70.449/36.567	5.5	212.9	3.259	03 Jul 2026 02:02	1d 08:05	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Badakhshan	Afghanistan	220000 people
Takhar	Afghanistan	680000 people
Kapisa	Afghanistan	270000 people
North-west Frontier	Pakistan	88000 people
Konarha	Afghanistan	1500 people
Laghman	Afghanistan	8500 people
Baghlan	Afghanistan	230000 people
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	8100 people
Konduz	Afghanistan	180000 people
Kulyab	Tajikistan	280000 people
Kurgan Tyube	Tajikistan	66000 people
Parvan	Afghanistan	300000 people
Samangan	Afghanistan	<1000 people
Northern Areas	Pakistan	no people
Kabol	Afghanistan	110000 people
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	7700 people
Surkhandar'ya	Uzbekistan	no people
North-west Frontier	Pakistan	70000 people
Baghlan	Afghanistan	no people
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	5800 people
Kurgan Tyube	Tajikistan	<1000 people
Parvan	Afghanistan	81000 people
Kabol	Afghanistan	no people
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	no people
Surkhandar'ya	Uzbekistan	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tergeran	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	65 km
Anjoman	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	70 km
Chala Darreh	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	76 km
Taloqan	Takhar	Afghanistan	City	33000 people	84 km
Dung Gushten	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	92 km
Deh Lala	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	96 km
Eshkashem	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	12000 people	102 km
Khavak	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	111 km
Saryk	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	134 km
Dahan-e Arbeshan	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	136 km
Parkhar	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	142 km
Sarmantay	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	143 km
Layn	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	146 km
Zulum-Abad	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	149 km
Banow	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	150 km
Daka	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	168 km
Khinjan	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	173 km
Sanoghar	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	179 km
Muminabad	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	179 km
Golbahar	Parwan	Afghanistan	Village	-	186 km
Devona	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	200 km
Anderavdzh	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	235 km
Bar Kotkai	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	267 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Iol		1370				0	137 km
Parkhar South		441				0	141 km
Chitral	CJL	1494	Civ.	Paved	No	5800	141 km
Moskovskiy / Pyandzh		467				0	142 km
Pyandzh / Amu Darya		351				0	145 km
Moskovskiy / Pyandzh Southwest		274				0	146 km
Khwahan	KWH	unknown				0	152 km
Bagram		1492				0	206 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Muninabad	Obi-Surkh	1965	179 km

More information

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