M 5.5 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 07 Sep 2018 06:23 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 1156010
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.3417 , 59.3145
Event Date: 07 Sep 2018 06:23 UTC
07 Sep 2018 10:53 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
300000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Sep 2018 06:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us2000ha5b Scaled population (vector) 0.3  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 13 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Nation and WorldThu, 06 Sep 2018 05:11:00 +0200.

North Korean media have released a declaration from leader Kim Jong Un that reaffirms his commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula amid a standoff with the United States. Japan earthquake paralyzes northern island of Hokkaido, injurin
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Indian Ocean Countries to test tsunami warning and evacuation procedur ... Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0200.

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 4 th and 5 th September respectively. The scenario to be tested on 4 Sep
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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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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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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),