M 5.1 in Iraq on 23 Aug 2017 13:42 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 1119866
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.09 , 44.91
Event Date: 23 Aug 2017 13:42 UTC
23 Aug 2017 16:42 Local
Exposed Population: 3910000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2017 20:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.9 (Iraq)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Iraq= 6.9; Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.6 0.6
613567 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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Cyclones and climate change: connecting the dotsSun, 27 Aug 2017 13:22:00 +0200.

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Cyclones and climate change: connecting the dotsSun, 27 Aug 2017 13:07:00 +0200.

Scientists freely acknowledge they don't know everything about how global warming affects hurricanes like the one pummelling southeast Texas. But what they do know is enough to keep them up at night. The amplifying impact of sea level rise,
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Cyclones and climate change: Connecting the dotsSun, 27 Aug 2017 12:56:00 +0200.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),