M 5 in Iran on 06 Jul 2016 23:58 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 1089474
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.6922 , 56.3648
Event Date: 06 Jul 2016 23:58 UTC
07 Jul 2016 04:28 Local
Exposed Population:
945408 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Jul 2016 00:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100061gt 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: 195 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

اتحاد المحامين الخليجيين: محاربة حاملي الفكر الشاذ والمتطرف بنشر الفكر ... Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:43:00 +0200.

استنكر اتحاد المحامين الخليجيين ما وقع من حوادث إرهابية دامية قُبيل عيد الفطر السعيد، وفي شهر الخير شهر رمضان المبارك في المملكة العربية السعودية ومملكة البحرين وبعض الدول العربية الشقيقة، التي أزهقت المئات من الأرواح البريئة خدمة لأعداء ال
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Fort McMurray landfill braves tsunami of wildfire wasteSun, 10 Jul 2016 23:13:00 +0200.

ȁ#x201c;And they’re still coming in. It’s 10-years worth in six weeks.ȁ#x201d; He’s earned the right to be calm. Throughout the entire blaze, the landfill was closed for exactly four days, from May 6 to May 10. By the time residents began t
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6.0-magnitude quake hits off Tonga 4 mins ago WorldSun, 10 Jul 2016 21:07:00 +0200.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga late Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The US Geological Survey said the quake was shallow, striking 140 kilometres (87 miles) northeast from
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Wildfire waste a challenge for Fort McMurray landfillSun, 10 Jul 2016 20:10:00 +0200.

Condemned refrigerators lined the curbs of Fort McMurray in the wake of May's devastating wildfire. (Chris Corday / CBC News) When you're pounded with the big waves, you'd better learn to surf. "The demolition material is going to come in
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),