M 4.5 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 27 May 2018 04:45 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 1144258
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.17 , 48.42
Event Date: 27 May 2018 04:45 UTC
27 May 2018 09:15 Local
Exposed Population:
2650000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2018 16:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.9 (Iraq)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Iraq= 6.9; Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.2 0.2
669313 Scaled population (vector) 6.67  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.21  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake wounds over 80 people in southwestern IranMon, 07 May 2018 13:07:00 +0200.

. SULAIMANI Over 80 people were injured in earthquake that jolted southwestern Iran early on Monday (May 7), Iranian media reported. The southwestern city of Sisakht in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province was hit by another earthquake meas
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Iran (Islamic Republic of): SW Iran quake injures 82 peopleMon, 07 May 2018 11:08:00 +0200.

Yasouj, May 7, IRNA – The earthquake which happened in Chitab region in the vicinity of Yasouj, capital of the southwestern province of Kohkiloyeh-Boyer Ahmad province early Monday morning injured 82 people. Speaking to the Islamic Republic
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South-west Iran quake injures 82 peopleMon, 07 May 2018 10:58:00 +0200.

The earthquake which happened in Chitab region in the vicinity of Yasouj, capital of the southwestern province of Kohkiloyeh-Boyer Ahmad province early Monday morning injured 82 people. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on
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Israel eyed after attack kills Iranians in SyriaTue, 01 May 2018 20:59:00 +0200.

Israel eyed after attack in Hama, Syria, reportedly kills Iranians Israel's ambassador to the U.N. said that more than "80,000 extremists" are members of militias in Syria "under Iranian control." by Alastair Jamieson and Paul Goldman Apr.3
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),