M 4.8 in Southern Iran on 23 Nov 2014 13:17 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 1043676
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 16 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.47 , 56.59
Event Date: 23 Nov 2014 13:17 UTC
23 Nov 2014 17:17 Local
Exposed Population:
980803 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Nov 2014 15:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0
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: 172 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Japanese man thanks those who returned small boat 3 years after it van ... Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:35:00 +0100.

HONOLULU – A Japanese man says he's grateful for the return of his boat three years after it disappeared in the 2011 tsunami. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/1r1VsKu ) reports Tomomune Matsunaga of the Fukushima prefecture lost
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Japanese man thanks those who returned small boat 3 years after it van ... Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:27:00 +0100.

HONOLULU, Hawaii - A Japanese man says he's grateful for the return of his boat three years after it disappeared in the 2011 tsunami. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/1r1VsKu ) reports Tomomune Matsunaga of the Fukushima prefectu
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Un terremoto de 6,8 grados causa varios heridos en el centro de JapónMon, 24 Nov 2014 19:15:00 +0100.

22 noviembre 2014 Un terremoto de 6,8 grados causa varios heridos en el centro de Japón. No hay un número exacto de heridos. (Foto Archivo/El Carabobeño) EFE. Un terremoto de 6,8 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter golpeó la prefectu
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Un terremoto de 6,8 grados deja al menos 14 heridos en el centro de Ja ... Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:15:00 +0100.

22 noviembre 2014 Un terremoto de 6,8 grados deja al menos 14 heridos en el centro de Japón. (Foto El Carabobeño) EFE. Un terremoto de 6,8 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter golpeó hoy la prefectura de Nagano, en el centro de Japón,
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),