Earthquake in Afghanistan (2022-06-22)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2022-06-22 14:47:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-06-21 18:24:00
Event type: Earthquake (Ground shaking)

Activation reason:
On 22/06/2022, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck about 44km from the city of Khost, with a depth of 10km. According to the latest reports, there are hundreds of fatalities and people injured. An unknown number of people remained stuck under rubble and in outlying areas. Tremors were felt in neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. However, there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the two countries. The Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping was requested to provide Grading products.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 15

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2022): Earthquake in Afghanistan (2022-06-22). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/dedd3874-7063-4b2d-90e2-54142e9ecc57

Keywords

AFG Afghanistan CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Earthquake Emergency Emergency Management EMSR584 Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR584]: Earthquake in Afghanistan (2022-06-22)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-06-22
Modified date: 2022-06-22
Issued date: 2022-06-22
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR584
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/dedd3874-7063-4b2d-90e2-54142e9ecc57
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