M 5.4 in Azerbaijan on 04 Sep 2015 04:49 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 1064595
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 15 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.97 , 47.43
Event Date: 04 Sep 2015 04:49 UTC
04 Sep 2015 09:49 Local
Exposed Population:
2038275 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Sep 2015 06:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=457611 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

Earthquake operational headquarters established 9/7/2015 10:45:00 AM.

By Nigar Orujova. Operational headquarters to respond to the earthquake was established in Azerbaijan. Given the latest earthquakes recorded in several regions of Azerbaijan, insurance company AzSigorta together with the Emergency Situation
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Earthquake measuring 5.1 jolts Kyrgyzstan 9/6/2015 11:46:00 AM.

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 6. Trend: Kazakh seismologists have recorded the earthquake measuring 5.1 on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the Seismological Experimental-Methodical Expedition under the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan said, RIA N
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Second earthquake hits Azerbaijani Oghuz 9/4/2015 2:46:00 PM.

By Nigar Orujova. An earthquake hit the Oghuz region of Azerbaijan on September 4, said the Republican Seismic Survey Center. The quake occurred in Oghuz region, some 27 kilometers south-east from the Shaki region, at 2:39 p.m. local time.
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Quake in Azerbaijan’s Shaki as caught on TV studio camera 9/4/2015 1:16:00 PM.

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 4. By Elmir Murad Trend: A strong earthquake in the district of Shaki in Azerbaijan for a moment caused confusion during a live broadcast in a TV studio of the Kanal S. Cameras in the studio caught what was happening
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),