M 6 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 23 Feb 2020 16:00 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 1207639
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.4692 , 44.3669
Event Date: 23 Feb 2020 16:00 UTC
23 Feb 2020 19:30 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
1 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2020 14:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6; Türkiye= 3.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us70007v9g Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Iran-Turkey border region - Earthquake update (ECHO 24 Feb 2020)Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:08

  • An earthquake of 6.0 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in West Azerbaijan Province (northwestern Iran) on 23 February at 16.00 UTC (19.30 local time). The epicentre was close to the Kapikoy-Razi border crossing with Turkey, 3.5 km west of Qotur Town(Iran) and 6 km south-east of Kapikoy Town (Van Province, eastern Turkey).
  • Up to 1,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 23,000 to strong shaking.
  • As of 24 February, media report 9 people killed, 125 people injured and more than 1,000 collapsed buildings (mainly in Van Province) as a result of the recent earthquakes. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Palestine's Ambassador to UN Describes Trump’s Plan as ‘Earthquake’Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100.

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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 (47), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),