M 6.3 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 09 Apr 2013 11:52 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 123715
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.59 , 51.59
Event Date: 09 Apr 2013 11:52 UTC
09 Apr 2013 16:22 Local
Exposed Population:
748768 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Apr 2013 12:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
usb000g2y5 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

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Un terremoto de 6 grados deja más de 20 heridos en Japón 4/13/2013 11:38:00 AM.

No se han observado problemas en centrales nucleares. Tampoco ha sido necesario activar la alerta por tsunami.
Un terremoto de magnitud 6,3 causa 23 heridos en Japón 4/13/2013 11:21:00 AM.

El seísmo de magnitud 6,3 en la escala de Richter que golpeó hoy la costa del Mar Interior de Japón (oeste) causó al menos 23 heridos y daños menores en edificios, sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami, informaron las autoridades niponas
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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),