M 4.7 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 21 Mar 2018 12:33 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 1138104
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 37.26 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.5441 , 56.6446
Event Date: 21 Mar 2018 12:33 UTC
21 Mar 2018 16:03 Local
Exposed Population:
1260000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2018 12:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000d71c Scaled population (vector) 5.95  
  C1 earthquake 1.29  
  C2 earthquake 0.26  
  Country Vulnerability 0.55  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

All reconstructed houses must be delivered to people by summerTue, 20 Mar 2018 18:26:00 +0100.

TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – The President appreciated the people and all provincial and state officials, the armed forces and the Basij for addressing the earthquake-hit areas and stressed the importance of building earthquake-resistant buildin
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Netanyahu to Amb Haley: U.S. support of Israel at U.N. a 'tsunami of f ... Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:15:00 +0100.

Meeting with US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in New York on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said American support of Israel at the UN was not just a breath of fresh air but "a tsunami" of it. Thanking Haley for A
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ISESCO to build two schools in quake-hit KermanshahSat, 24 Feb 2018 18:22:00 +0100.

TEHRAN – The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) will establish two schools in the quake-stricken province of Kermanshah, western Iran. In a meeting with Education Minister Mohammad Bat’haei, the director gene
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In Isfahan, Menar Jonban highly prone to vibration!Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:24:00 +0100.

TEHRAN – Standing in Isfahan, Menar Jonban has long been a rather strange attraction of the central Iranian city. Its dual minarets are vastly prone to vibration! Literary meaning “shaking minaret”, Menar Jonban is being visited by hundreds
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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),