M 4.7 in Iran on 15 Feb 2015 08:04 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 1048588
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 49 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.79 , 47
Event Date: 15 Feb 2015 08:04 UTC
15 Feb 2015 11:34 Local
Exposed Population:
550639 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Feb 2015 21:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=427462 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: 517 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Japan lifts tsunami advisory issued after strong quake hits northern r ... Tue, 17 Feb 2015 04:34:00 +0100.

TOKYO (REUTERS) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck off north-eastern Japan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, and small waves were reported along the northern coast but there were no immediate reports of serious da
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Japanske kyster ramt af mindre tsunamiTue, 17 Feb 2015 04:33:00 +0100.

. Myndighederne udsendte tsunamivarsel efter jordskælv ud for hovedøen Honshu. kl. 04:26 Opdateret kl. 04:26. En mindre tsunami har tirsdag morgen lokal tid ramt kysterne i det nordøstlige Japan. Der er ingen meldinger om tilskadekomne ell
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Fuerte sismo sacude las costas de JapónTue, 17 Feb 2015 04:31:00 +0100.

Un sismo de 6.9 de magnitud golpeó la costa de Japón este lunes, reportó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). Tras el intenso movimiento, se emitió una alerta de tsunami. La agencia dijo que se presenta
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Forte terremoto atinge leste da Indonésia, mas não gera alerta de tsun ... Tue, 17 Feb 2015 04:27:00 +0100.

Um forte terremoto atingiu a costa leste da Indonésia na noite deste domingo (pelo horário local), mas não houve relatos imediatos sobre vítimas ou danos. Além disso, autoridades disseram que não havia necessidade de emitir um alerta de tsu
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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),