Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 16 Mar 2014 14:34 UTC

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M 4.5 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 16 Mar 2014 14:34 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 1027652
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	28.1251 , 57.6376
Event Date:	16 Mar 2014 14:34 UTC 16 Mar 2014 18:04 Local
Exposed Population:	555900 people within 100km
Inserted at:	16 Mar 2014 17:52 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Reconstruction of Housing Units Affected B.. 2/23/2014 2:22:00 AM.

Source: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) At visiting from Dashtestan stricken by earthquake, Deputy of Reconstruction Affairs and Rural Housing at Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution stated

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Beginning of Construction Function for Two.. 2/17/2014 8:01:00 PM.

Source: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Director General of Boushehr Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution informed about beginning of construction function for two thousand and three hundre

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Seventy Percent of Households at Dashti St.. 2/17/2014 8:01:00 PM.

Source: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Director General of Boushehr Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution said: at present, seventy percent of households at Shonbe & Tasouj Stricken by eart

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): One Hundred Percent Damages for Two Thousa.. 2/17/2014 3:52:00 AM.

Source: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Deputy of Reconstruction Affairs and Rural Housing at Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution said: About two thousand rural and urban housing units dam

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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