M 5.6 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 05 Dec 2012 17:08 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 121272
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.51 , 59.6
Event Date: 05 Dec 2012 17:08 UTC
05 Dec 2012 20:38 Local
Exposed Population:
562200 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2012 19:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
usc000e4lq 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

AP: Lima es muy vulnerable ante un terremoto fuerte 12/9/2012 3:46:00 PM.

Podría destruir la economía nacional si no se previene, señalan. La ciudad de Lima no podría soportar un terremoto de gran magnitud con la infraestructura que tiene, afirma un reportaje publicado hoy por la agencia AP. Tras entrevistar a un
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Why Is Cuba's Health Care System the Best Model for Poor 12/9/2012 3:36:00 PM.

First, it is not necessary to focus on expensive technology as the initial approach to medical care. Cuban doctors use machines that are available, but they have an amazing ability to treat disaster victims with field surgery. They are very
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Lima, muy vulnerable a un terremoto fuerte 12/9/2012 3:34:00 PM.

- La tierra tembló con tanta fuerza que la gente que cayó al suelo no podía levantarse. En cuestión de minutos, el terremoto había demolido la Lima colonial y un muro de agua de 15 metros (50 pies) se había estrellado contra el vecino puert
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Africa: disasters waiting to happen 12/9/2012 3:05:00 PM.

(IRIN, 07/12/12) – In legalese, natural disasters are termed “acts of God,” the implication being that they are beyond human control or predictability. So it may have seemed an impossible task when John Beddington, UK government chief scien
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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),