M 4.9 in Southern Iran on 28 Oct 2014 08:19 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 1042176
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.56 , 52.89
Event Date: 28 Oct 2014 08:19 UTC
28 Oct 2014 11:49 Local
Exposed Population:
742254 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2014 08:54 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 81 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Landslide Survivor Saw Sri Lankan Villagers Swept AwaySat, 01 Nov 2014 00:38:00 +0100.

Sri Lankan residents stand outside a damaged building at the site of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka today. A landslide warning had been in operation since last night in Badulla and adjoini
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Kayıp 200 kişi için son çare köpeklerSat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0100.

Sri Lanka'da 200 kişiyi yutan toprak kaymasında eğer köpekli arama çalışmalarından da sonuç alınmazsa iş makineleri devreye girecek! Muson yağmurlarının tetiklediği heyelan yüzünden yakın tarihinin en büyük felaketlerinden birini yaşayan Sr
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Quake jolts central IranTue, 28 Oct 2014 11:18:00 +0100.

Tehran, Oct 28, IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit Qir and Karzin in the southern province of Fars on Tuesday. According to the Seismological Center of the Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurre
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Earthquake hits southern IranMon, 06 Oct 2014 12:55:00 +0200.

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Gallehdar in the southern province of Fars on Oct. 6.

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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),