M 4.8 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 20 Oct 2016 15:10 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 1096067
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 15.54 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.8341 , 56.5414
Event Date: 20 Oct 2016 15:10 UTC
20 Oct 2016 18:40 Local
Exposed Population:
1257380 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2016 15:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007fm8 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 640 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Everest’s first woman climber dies at 77Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:16:00 +0200.

The first woman to ascend Everest, Japanese climber Junko Tabei, has died aged 77, her family say. Tabei conquered Everest in May 1975, aged 35, before climbing all of the world’s seven highest peaks by 1992. She was diagnosed with cancer o
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Terremoto Oggi : Nuova scossa di magnitudo 2.9 in UmbriaMon, 24 Oct 2016 13:41:00 +0200.

: La terra non smette di tremare, una nuova scossa è avvenuta questa mattina presto intorno alle 5:27 presso Gubbio in particolare nella frazione di Semonte . La scossa di magnitudo 2.9 è stata avvertita dalla popolazione e nelle zone limit
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Everest-Bergsteigerin Junko Tabei ist tot: "Der Wille zählt"Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:15:00 +0200.

"Uns wurde gesagt, wir sollten lieber Kinder aufziehen", sagte Junko Tabei. "Damals, in den Siebzigerjahren, sollten Frauen zu Hause bleiben." Die Leidenschaft der 1,52 Meter großen Japanerin galt jedoch seit ihrer Kindheit den Bergen. Am 1
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Fallece Junko Tabei, la primera mujer en escalar el EverestMon, 24 Oct 2016 12:48:00 +0200.

La montañera japonesa Junko Tabei, la primera mujer en escalar el monte Everest en 1975, ha muerto a los 77 de un cáncer, informó este domingo la prensa japonesa. Tebei falleció el pasado jueves en un hospital de Saitama (a las afueras de T
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),