M 4.5 in Iran on 27 Sep 2012 00:56 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 119895
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 38.36 , 46.73
Event Date: 27 Sep 2012 00:56 UTC
27 Sep 2012 04:26 Local
Exposed Population:
2590000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2012 01:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 158 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Toyota Moves to Revamp Its Lexus LineThu, 27 Sep 2012 03:07:00 +0200.

After falling behind from a product shortage, the automaker is planning to rejuvenate its Lexus brand by making the line more appealing to younger and more adventurous buyers.
Strong earthquake jolts Alaska's Aleutian IslandsThu, 27 Sep 2012 03:06:00 +0200.

Seismologists say a strong earthquake has jolted Alaska's sparsely populated western Aleutian islands.
Japan may scrap whale huntThu, 27 Sep 2012 03:00:00 +0200.

A media report in Japan says the government is considering abandoning this year's whale hunt in the Antarctic. The Asahi newspaper is reporting the annual round of research whaling could be suspended because of the poor condition of the fle
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Tokyo's Governor Stokes The Island Feud With ChinaThu, 27 Sep 2012 02:48:00 +0200.

Tokyo's flamboyant and ultraconservative governor, Shintaro Ishihara, said last spring that his city would buy some islands in the East China Sea. Today, China and Japan are caught in a war of words over who controls those islands. Some obs
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),