M 4.7 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 18 Mar 2014 19:01 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 1027805
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 6.38 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7352 , 52.7073
Event Date: 18 Mar 2014 19:01 UTC
18 Mar 2014 22:31 Local
Exposed Population:
387453 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Mar 2014 16:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off India's Nicobar Islands - USGSFri, 21 Mar 2014 16:21:00 +0100.

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),