M 4.7 in Iran on 21 Oct 2012 16:38 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 120368
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.48 , 59.8
Event Date: 21 Oct 2012 16:38 UTC
21 Oct 2012 20:08 Local
Exposed Population:
320000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Oct 2012 07:21 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 357 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

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Lord Patten defends George Entwistle and says terrible damage has been done to corporation's reputation The BBC Trust chairman has defended George Entwistle's performance before parliament, saying he was unfortunate to be engulfed by a "tsu
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Shintaro Ishihara, brash Tokyo governor, quits, launches national part ... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:31:00 +0200.

SEOUL — One of Japan’s highest-profile nationalists, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, said Thursday that he will resign his post and form a political party in a bid to gain power in the country’s central government. Read full article >>
Dichter: Earthquake could cost Israel NIS 150b.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:29:00 +0200.

In economic panel, home front defense minister says earthquake and tsunami could cost thousands of Israelis their lives.
Dichter: Earthquake could cost Israel NIS 150b.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:29:00 +0200.

An earthquake or tsunami could cost Israel NIS 100 billion to NIS 150b., Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter said Thursday. Speaking at a meeting of economic officials convened as part of a five-day earthquake preparedness drill, Dichte
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),