M 5.5 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 11 Jan 2018 06:59 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 1130658
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.7636 , 45.7491
Event Date: 11 Jan 2018 06:59 UTC
11 Jan 2018 10:29 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
1580000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2018 07:18 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
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ci3s Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Dry weather to aid cleanup efforts along Peru's coast after earth ... Mon, 15 Jan 2018 06:37:00 +0100.

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Un terremoto de magnitud 6.8 en la escala de Richter azotó ayer el sur de Perú y dejó un muerto y 65 heridos, en una zona del país que es constantemente golpeada por la naturaleza por encontrarse en el Cinturón de fuego del Pacífico, donde
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),