M 4.7 in Iran on 19 Oct 2012 22:10 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 120321
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 29.28 , 52.63
Event Date: 19 Oct 2012 22:10 UTC
20 Oct 2012 01:40 Local
Exposed Population:
2160000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2012 22:32 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 305 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

El sur peruano participa en simulacro binacional de sismo y tsunami co ... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:31:00 +0200.

Lima, (EFE).- Las ciudades de Ilo y Tacna, en el sur de Perú, participaron hoy en un simulacro de sismo y tsunami en forma conjunta con las regiones chilenas de Arica y Parinacota. El simulacro empezó a las 9.00 horas (14.00 GMT) con el son
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Westfalenpost: Erdbeben-UrteilTue, 23 Oct 2012 20:27:00 +0200.

Das Gefühl ist nachvollziehbar: Mehr als 300 Tote, Zehntausende Obdachlose - da muss es einen Schuldigen geben. Selbst, wenn es sich um eine Naturkatastrophe handelt wie in L--Aquila im April 2009. Aber diesem Impuls so nachzugeben wie die
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Umstrittenes Urteil gegen ErdbebenexpertenTue, 23 Oct 2012 20:23:00 +0200.

Sechs Jahre Haft, weil sie das Erdbeben nicht kommen sahen. Die ersten Reaktionen auf das Urteil: empörend, skandalös und völlig überzogen. Aber einige Wissenschaftler sehen auch eine gewisse Schuld bei ihren Kollegen.
Debates over, Obama resumes campaignTue, 23 Oct 2012 20:15:00 +0200.

President again evokes "Romnesia" at Florida campaign stop, says Romney was "all over the map" at foreign policy debate

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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),