M 4.8 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 16 Sep 2013 16:05 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 1005758
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.56 , 49.57
Event Date: 16 Sep 2013 16:05 UTC
16 Sep 2013 20:35 Local
Exposed Population:
1087484 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2013 06:32 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0.1
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=334488 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: 225 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Japan trade deficit swells 25% in AugustThu, 19 Sep 2013 05:25:00 +0200.

Boosted by higher fuel costs, Japan posts 14th straight month of imports outpacing exports.
Japan trade deficit swells 25 percent in AugustThu, 19 Sep 2013 05:06:00 +0200.

TOKYO (AP) Japan's trade deficit swelled to a larger-than-forecast 960.3 billion yen ($9.8 billion) in August, as imports outpaced the growth in exports. Boosted by higher fuel costs, imports rose 16 percent from a year earlier to 6.74 tril
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Déficit comercial de Japón sube 25% en agostoThu, 19 Sep 2013 04:58:00 +0200.

El déficit comercial de Japón aumentó en agosto a 960.300 millones de yenes (9.800 millones de dólares), mucho más de lo proyectado y que mantiene esa referencia en rojo desde hace 14 meses, cuando las importaciones superaron las exportacio
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$10 Deal for Rights to World Trade Center Name Draws ScrutinyThu, 19 Sep 2013 04:58:00 +0200.

The state is looking into the sale of the rights to the three-word name to a nonprofit, accusing a former Port Authority official of leading the deal without proper approval.

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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),