M 4.7 in Iraq on 18 Aug 2017 10:18 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 1119538
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.73 , 46.08
Event Date: 18 Aug 2017 10:18 UTC
18 Aug 2017 13:18 Local
Exposed Population:
2530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2017 12:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.9 (Iraq)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.2 0.2
612709 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Des ouvriers procèdent au gel d'un mur de glace sous-terrain autour d'un réacteur de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima pour éviter que l'eau de ruisselement n'entre en contact avec des éléments radiJAPAN POOL. L'opérateur de la centrale a
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Fukushima: le mur de glace souterrain de 1,5 km bientôt finiTue, 22 Aug 2017 10:04:00 +0200.

L'opérateur de la centrale accidentée de Fukushima (nord-est du Japon) a commencé mardi de geler le dernier tronçon d'un mur de glace souterrain de 1,5 km destiné à empêcher la contamination radioactive des flux d'eau. L'opération consiste
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Fukushima reactor 'ice wall' nearly finishedTue, 22 Aug 2017 09:45:00 +0200.

TOKYO - The Fukushima nuclear plant's operator Tuesday started freezing the last section of a $320 million ice wall designed to cut down on vast amounts of contaminated water at the site of the worst atomic accident in a generation. Tokyo E
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Fukushima reactor 'ice wall' nearly finishedTue, 22 Aug 2017 09:31:00 +0200.

TOKYO (AFP) - The Fukushima nuclear plant's operator on Tuesday (Aug 22) started freezing the last section of a US$320 million (S$435 million) ice wall designed to cut down on vast amounts of contaminated water at the site of the worst atom
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),