M 4.5 in Western Iran on 12 Jul 2014 16:16 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 1035902
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 60 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.78 , 48.18
Event Date: 12 Jul 2014 16:16 UTC
12 Jul 2014 20:46 Local
Exposed Population:
1550292 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2014 16:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=390589 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: 230 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

03:41 Japan gør klar til at genåbne atomanlæg efter katastrofeWed, 16 Jul 2014 03:57:00 +0200.

Et atomanlæg i det sydlige Japan har onsdag bestået det første sikkerhedstjek, og atomkraftværket gør dermed klar til at blive det første, der genåbner efter Fukushima-katastrofen i 2011. For første gang i fire årtier må japanerne klare sig
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Japan gør klar til at genåbne atomanlæg efter katastrofeWed, 16 Jul 2014 03:46:00 +0200.

Et atomanlæg i det sydlige Japan har onsdag bestået det første sikkerhedstjek, og atomkraftværket gør dermed klar til at blive det første, der genåbner efter Fukushima-katastrofen i 2011. For første gang i fire årtier må japanerne klare sig
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Copa foi tsunami para calçadistaWed, 16 Jul 2014 03:21:00 +0200.

A avaliação foi feita por entidades do setor nesta terça-feira (15) na abertura da Francal, no Anhembi, em São Paulo
Thousands flee as typhoon batters east Philippines, heads to ManilaWed, 16 Jul 2014 02:12:00 +0200.

MANILA - Thousands of people in the Philippines fled from their homes on Tuesday as the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year made landfall, toppling trees and cutting power as it made its way straight towards the capital, Manila.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),