M 4.9 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 28 Oct 2016 14:02 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 1096735
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 18.61 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.6283 , 56.3917
Event Date: 28 Oct 2016 14:02 UTC
28 Oct 2016 17:32 Local
Exposed Population:
1370293 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2016 14:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072nk 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 273 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 GamesTue, 01 Nov 2016 13:34:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel sai
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Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 GamesTue, 01 Nov 2016 13:33:00 +0100.

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks over a report during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. A Tokyo metropolitan government panel reviewing costly Olympic venues has proposed downgrading t
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AP Top News 13 MINS AGO Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts f ... Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:32:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) - The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel sai
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Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 GamesTue, 01 Nov 2016 13:30:00 +0100.

The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel said Tuesday. Th
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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),