Afghanistan Earthquake Impact Assessment for July 2026

A July 2026 earthquake of magnitude 5.5 impacted an estimated 251,950 people within 50km of its epicenter in Afghanistan. The dataset, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, contains geospatial and socio-economic information collected following the sudden-onset emergency. It includes details on the event's location, depth, and estimated population impact.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial extent of earthquake impact based on the provided epicenter coordinates and 50km radius.
• Estimate immediate humanitarian needs based on the population count of 251,950 people within the affected area.
• Analyze earthquake characteristics for risk modeling based on the recorded magnitude and depth.
• Integrate socio-economic vulnerability layers for targeted response based on the description of the ADAM system's capabilities.

Strengths

• Includes specific event parameters: magnitude 5.5, depth of 216.694, and precise epicenter coordinates (36.5317, 70.4468).
• Provides a concrete impact metric: 251,950 people estimated within the 50km impact radius.
• Produced by an operational humanitarian system (WFP ADAM) designed for rapid analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The dataset is specific to a single event on July 1, 2026, limiting temporal scope.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Automated collection, analysis, and mapping of geospatial and socio-economic information following a sudden-onset emergency.

Time Range

2026-07-01

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-01 21:39:33.800566; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan, specifically 39km west of Yamgan (latitude 36.5317, longitude 70.4468).