M 4.6 in Azerbaijan on 17 Nov 2017 13:27 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 1126679
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 30 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.28 , 47.3
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 13:27 UTC
17 Nov 2017 17:27 Local
Exposed Population:
2150000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2017 14:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.7 (Azerbaijan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Azerbaijan= 4.7; Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
630845 Scaled population (vector) 6.47  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.95  
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Latest media headlines

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CAPÍTULO 262. Bárbara e Frida acordam e contam para Dulce Maria que foram elas que escreveram o bilhete. As duas pedem para que Dulce guarde segredo e não conte nada para a Madre Superiora. Doutor André vai até a casa de Cecília e se declar
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EUA: Sismo de 6.0 ocorreu no mar perto das ilhas de Samoa e da Samoa A ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:24:00 +0100.

21 Novembro de 2017 | 08h23 - Actualizado em 21 Novembro de 2017 | 08h23 EUA: Sismo de 6.0 ocorreu no mar perto das ilhas de Samoa e da Samoa American Washington - O Centro Geológico dos Estados Unidos anunciou que um sismo com uma intensid
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),