M 4.8 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 18 Aug 2014 03:01 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 1038156
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.36 , 47.52
Event Date: 18 Aug 2014 03:01 UTC
18 Aug 2014 07:31 Local
Exposed Population:
1580090 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2014 07:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0.1
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=395267 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

Strong earthquake shakes western Iran: US monitors 8/18/2014 9:29:00 AM.

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Iran on Monday, the US Geological survey which monitors quakes worldwide reported. The quake, with an epicenter at 36 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the Iranian city of Abdanan, near the
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M6.2 earthquake jolts W. Iran, 50 injured 8/18/2014 9:28:00 AM.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted western Iran on Sunday morning, with official media reporting that at least 50 were injured. The temblor, whose epicenter was located 36 km southeast of Abdanan city in Ilam prov
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Major earthquake in western Iran leaves 60 injured- IRNA 8/18/2014 9:27:00 AM.

DUBAI (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck the western Iranian city of Abdanan on Monday, leaving 60 people injured, state news agency IRNA said.
Iran quake leaves 40 injured 8/18/2014 9:24:00 AM.

A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the province of Ilam in western Iran on Monday, causing injuries to 40 people and damage.

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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),