M 6 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 01 Dec 2017 02:32 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 1127629
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.7652 , 57.3306
Event Date: 01 Dec 2017 02:32 UTC
01 Dec 2017 06:02 Local
Exposed Population: 910000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Dec 2017 02:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us1000bjnz Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 295 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

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Una sirena que asustaba a Lorraine Godoy de niña volverá a aullar de nuevo en Hawái, décadas después de que se desvaneciese la amenaza nuclear de la Guerra Fría. El estado activa el viernes el sistema creado para alertar a la población de u
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Hawaii's test of nuke attack system evokes Cold War memoriesFri, 01 Dec 2017 20:12:00 +0100.

By CALEB JONES and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press. HONOLULU (AP) - A siren that frightened Lorraine Godoy as a child will wail once again in Hawaii, decades after the Cold War-era threat of nuclear attack subsided. The state on Fr
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زلزال قوي بقوة 6.3 يضرب بابوا في غينياFri, 01 Dec 2017 20:10:00 +0100.

ضرب زلزال بقوة 6.3 درجات على مقياس ريختر ليلة أمس الخميس بابوا غينيا الجديدة. ووقع الزلزال على عمق 60 كم، وفقاً لما ذكره المركز الأوروبي المتوسطي لرصد الزلازل على موقعه الإلكتروني. وبحسب "افريقيا الاخبارية" ،لم يصدر بشكل فوري أي تحذير من م
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Hawaii's test of nuke attack system evokes Cold War memoriesFri, 01 Dec 2017 19:57:00 +0100.

Hawaii is the closest state to North Korea, and its large military presence could make it more of a target. The island of Oahu is home to the U.S. Pacific Command, the military's headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region. It also hosts dozen
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),