M 4.8 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 10 Aug 2013 17:05 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 1001906
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 9.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.3562 , 51.7083
Event Date: 10 Aug 2013 17:05 UTC
10 Aug 2013 21:35 Local
Exposed Population:
369181 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Aug 2013 21:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
usb000j0aw 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 175 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia: forte scossa di terremoto nell'EstMon, 12 Aug 2013 08:34:00 +0200.

Giacarta, 12 ago. (Adnkronos/Xinhua) - Una scossa sismica di magnitudo 6.5 della scala Richter e' stata registrata nell'Indonesia orientale, al largo delle isole Molucche. Lo ha riferito l'Agenzia di Meteorologia e Geofisica. Dopo il terrem
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Strong earthquake rattles IndonesiaMon, 12 Aug 2013 08:33:00 +0200.

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Maluku islands in Indonesia Monday, but there was no potential for tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency here said.
Sismo de magnitude 6,3 abalou Indonésia sem gerar alerta de tsunamiMon, 12 Aug 2013 08:30:00 +0200.

Um sismo de magnitude 6,3 foi hoje registado ao largo das ilhas Molucas, no leste da Indonésia, informou o Instituto Geofísico norte-americano (USGS), tendo as autoridades indonésias descartado o risco de tsunami.
6.3-magnitude quake strikes off eastern IndonesiaMon, 12 Aug 2013 08:26:00 +0200.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

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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),