M 4.7 in Syrian Arab Republic on 27 Aug 2014 10:02 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 1038747
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 20.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9307 , 40.6478
Event Date: 27 Aug 2014 10:02 UTC
27 Aug 2014 13:02 Local
Exposed Population:
1387402 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2014 10:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
KOERI 0.1 n.a
2014082700233. 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

Articles: 253 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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Hasara za kiuchumi katika nchi zilizokumbwa na EbolaSun, 31 Aug 2014 05:37:00 +0200.

Mfuko wa Fedha wa Kimataifa (IMF) umetangaza kuwa kuna uwezekano wa kushuka chini kiwango cha ustawi wa kiuchumi katika nchi zilizokumbwa na virusi vya homa ya Ebola. Kwa sasa nchi za Sierra Leone, Liberia na Guinea zimeathiri sana na ugonj
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),