M 4.8 in Iran, Islamic Republic of from 31 Aug 2018 21:05 UTC to 21:05

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1155455
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.7201 , 46.0691
Event Date: 31 Aug 2018 21:05 UTC
01 Sep 2018 01:35 Local
Exposed Population:
2170000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Aug 2018 21:35 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
NEIC 0 0
us2000h691 Scaled population (vector) 6.14  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.21  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 150 | About casualties: 99 | Last hour: 0

World: Indian Ocean Countries to test tsunami warning and evacuation p ... Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:18:00 +0200.

Twenty-four countries bordering the Indian Ocean will engage in Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18), a large-scale tsunami exercise based on two scenarios that will be enacted on the 4th and 5th September respectively. The scenario t
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Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquakeTue, 28 Aug 2018 12:55:00 +0200.

A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, killing two people and injuring more than 250, officials said. The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in
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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Information Bulletin n° 1 - Iran QuakeTue, 28 Aug 2018 08:48:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the Richter scale hit, Tazehabad a city and the capital of Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah Province, Iran, on Sunday August 26, 2018 at 02:43 local time, killing 2 people and injuring 267. The epicenter of
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Earthquake Rattles Iran, Leaves Hundreds InjuredTue, 28 Aug 2018 04:23:00 +0200.

An earthquake rattled Iran’s Kermanshah province early Sunday and left hundreds injured. There are plans for at least five rescue teams to search for casualties after the 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck close to the Iran-Iraq border, near t
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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),