M 5.9 in Pakistan on 06 Oct 2021 22:01 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 1288905
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 9 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.2203 , 68.0142
Event Date: 06 Oct 2021 22:01 UTC
07 Oct 2021 03:01 Local
Exposed Population: About 7000 people in MMI
8 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2021 15:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us6000fsg9 Scaled population (raster) 2.78  
  C1 shakemap -3.12  
  C2 shakemap 1.16  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.07  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 872 | About casualties: 446 | Last hour: 0

Rs 12,000 Ehsaas relief cash to be provided to each family...2021-10-10T14:14+0200.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (APP):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar has announced Rs 12,000 Ehsaas relief cash each for all families of Harnai. The SAPM visited earthquake hit areas
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National Rental bike users surge after quake strands many in Tokyo2021-10-10T07:25+0200.

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Quake affectees to be given Rs12,000 each2021-10-10T07:22+0200.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishter on Saturday said cash relief of Rs12,000 each will be “immediately” given to the families affected by the devastating earthquake, which jolted the Harnai
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),