M 4.9 in Southern Iran on 16 Apr 2014 23:31 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 1029903
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.5164 , 51.6421
Event Date: 16 Apr 2014 23:31 UTC
17 Apr 2014 04:01 Local
Exposed Population:
741603 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2014 23:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Hits Southern Iran 4/17/2014 3:05:00 PM.

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district in the south of Iran, state TV said.
Moderate earthquake jolts southern Iran 4/17/2014 12:20:00 PM.

Iran's state TV said a magnitude 5.3 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district in the south of the country. The quake was moderate and no injuries were reported.
Moderate earthquake jolts southern Iran 4/17/2014 12:19:00 PM.

Iran’s state TV says a magnitude 5.3 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district in the south of the country. The quake was moderate and no injuries were reported. The TV says the qu...

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),