M 4.9 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 15 Aug 2014 14:48 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 1037951
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 34.62 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.48 , 51.67
Event Date: 15 Aug 2014 14:48 UTC
15 Aug 2014 19:18 Local
Exposed Population:
741603 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2014 15:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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

Latest media headlines

Articles: 239 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

El "temible" arroz de Fukushima vuelve a exportarseTue, 19 Aug 2014 14:40:00 +0200.

Japón reanudará las ventas al exterior del cereal cultivado en la ciudad que en marzo de 2011 sufrió una contaminación radiactiva como consecuencia de un terremoto y posterior tsunami
Un vulcan în erupţie dintr-o insulă din Japonia ar putea provoca un ts ... Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:21:00 +0200.

Un vulcan aflat în erupţie pe o insulă din Japonia ar putea declanşa un tsunami dacă o mare cantitate de lavă s-ar scufunda dintr-o dată în mare, au avertizat marţi cercetători japonezi menţionaţi de AFP, potrivit Agerpres. Cite
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Japão retomará as exportações de arroz de Fukushima?Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:19:00 +0200.

O Japão retomará as exportações de arroz cultivado em Fukushima pela primeira vez desde que o temor de contaminação pelo desastre nuclear interrompeu as vendas ao exterior.
El escritor José María Merino aboga por dejar "reposar" la realidad an ... Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:12:00 +0200.

El escritor y académico de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua José María Merino aboga por dejar "reposar" la "realidad candente" antes de que el escritor decida escribir sobre lo que sucede en la actualidad porque "la novela no va a la
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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.
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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),