Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iran-Iraq Border Region on 17 Aug 2014 11:24 UTC

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M 4.6 in Iran-Iraq Border Region on 17 Aug 2014 11:24 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 1038105
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.59 , 47.71
Event Date:	17 Aug 2014 11:24 UTC 17 Aug 2014 15:54 Local
Exposed Population:	1342717 people within 100km
Inserted at:	17 Aug 2014 18:45 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=395196	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

250 injured after strong earthquake hits Iran 8/20/2014 5:04:00 AM.

Local authorities said they fear the quake may have caused widespread destruction in rural areas.

60 people injured after strong earthquake hits Iran 8/20/2014 4:03:00 AM.

A powerful earthquake struck early August 18 in western Iran, injuring dozens of people in a region near the border with Iraq.

Strong earthquake hits Iran; hundreds injured 8/18/2014 4:19:00 PM.

A powerful earthquake struck early Monday in western Iran, rattling the region near the border with Iraq, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

250 injured after strong earthquake hits Iran 8/18/2014 2:42:00 PM.

Local authorities said they fear the quake may have caused widespread destruction in rural areas.

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