M 4.9 in Iran on 29 Apr 2015 02:37 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 1053268
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.473 , 53.3862
Event Date: 29 Apr 2015 02:37 UTC
29 Apr 2015 07:07 Local
Exposed Population:
450827 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Apr 2015 02:57 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 716 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Nepal: One week on and the earth is still shaking…Sun, 03 May 2015 01:23:00 +0200.

Jane Carter, 02 May 2015. It was last Saturday that the first earthquake struck, and one week on, many communities are reportedly still without assistance. There is a general perception that much initial support focused on Kathmandu at the
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5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes southeastern Japan – USGSSun, 03 May 2015 01:18:00 +0200.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has struck 168 km from Japan’s Hachijo-jima island, USGS said, adding that the depth of the quake stood at 10 km. USGS initially placed the magnitude of the quake at 6.1 but later dropped it to 5.7. 5.7 earthquake
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Novi potres u Japanu u blizini Fukushime: nema upozorenja za tsunamiSun, 03 May 2015 01:10:00 +0200.

TOKIO Potres magnitude 6 po Richteru pogodio je u nedjelju ujutro sjeveroistočni dio Japana, koji je bio poharan katastrofalnim potresom u ožujku 2011., no nije oglašeno upozorenje na tsunami, objavila je službena japanska agencija. Potres
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1 de Mayo del 2015 | Papúa Nueva Guinea - Mundo Terremoto de 7,1 grado ... Sun, 03 May 2015 01:08:00 +0200.

Alerta. Terremoto de magnitud 7,1 grados, según datos preliminares , sacudió hace minutos 08:06:05 (UTC) la zona de Kokopo en Papúa Nueva Guinea, sin que se haya declarado alerta de tsunami o informado de víctimas. El servicio geológico de
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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),