M 4.9 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 30 Aug 2015 14:38 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 1064228
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 12.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.1312 , 57.796
Event Date: 30 Aug 2015 14:38 UTC
30 Aug 2015 19:08 Local
Exposed Population:
1066669 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2015 16:33 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 186 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Solar power proved its worth this summerThu, 03 Sep 2015 10:57:00 +0200.

Solar power accounted for 10 percent of the nation’s electricity when demand peaked this summer, showing that alternative energy is a key resource in times of need. A survey by The Asahi Shimbun found that Kyushu Electric Power Co. covered
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It-theddida ta’ tsunami fil-Mediter ...Thu, 03 Sep 2015 09:32:00 +0200.

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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),