M 5.1 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 05 Dec 2016 14:24 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 1100080
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 61.49 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7944 , 59.1994
Event Date: 05 Dec 2016 14:24 UTC
05 Dec 2016 17:54 Local
Exposed Population:
142060 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2016 15:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007ez0 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: 709 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Japan doubles cost estimate for Fukushima cleanupFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:12:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — The estimated cost of cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), with decommissioning expenses expected to continue to increase, a government panel said Friday. The
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Fukushima radiation has reached U.S. shoresFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:09:00 +0100.

SALEM, Ore. -- For the first time, seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has been detected on the West Coast of the United States. Cesium-134, the so-called fingerprint of Fukushima, was measured in seawater samples tak
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Угроза цунами объявлена в Тихом океане после землетрясенияFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:06:00 +0100.

МОСКВА, 8 декабря. /ТАСС/. Угроза цунами объявлена на нескольких тихоокеанских островах после землетрясения магнитудой 7,7, которое произошло у южного побережья Соломоновых Островов. Об этом сообщает агентство Reuters со ссылкой на Тихоокеа
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Indonesia president visits quake survivors, vows to rebuildFri, 09 Dec 2016 13:59:00 +0100.

TRINGGADING, Indonesia - Indonesia's president travelled Friday to areas of Aceh province devastated by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake, as estimates of the number of displaced people swelled, and vowed that torn-apart communities would be rebui
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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),