M 4.4 in Iran on 29 Oct 2012 10:51 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 120555
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.4M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 28.68 , 58.68
Event Date: 29 Oct 2012 10:51 UTC
29 Oct 2012 14:21 Local
Exposed Population:
450000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2012 15:02 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 157 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Genewa nie jest zabezpieczona przed uderzeniem tsunamiMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:52:00 +0100.

Szwajcarscy naukowcy doszli do wniosku, że Genewa znajdująca się właściwie na jednym poziomie z Jeziorem Genewskim, najprawdopodobniej poważne ucierpi w przypadku pojawienia się tsunami. Naukowcy doszli do takiego wniosku po zbadaniu skutkó
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Ginevra travolta da uno tsunami 1500 anni faMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:52:00 +0100.

Era il 563 d. C. quando un’onda gigante si formò nel lago di Ginevra, abbattendo un muro d’acqua sulle coste, che spazzò via persone, villaggi e mandrie di animali. Lo raccontano gli scienziati dell’Università di Ginevra, che in una lettera
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What lessons from hurricane Sandy?Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:51:00 +0100.

The best response to natural events like hurricane Sandy lies in a community preparing its political, civic, and even cultural attitudes. Each disaster, such as Katrina, teaches new lessons. What can America's mid-Atlantic region learn from
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Why hurricane Sandy became a superstormMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:40:00 +0100.

Sandy is so dangerous because it combines the characteristics of a powerful hurricane, laden with energy and moisture from the tropical Atlantic, and a winter storm, fuelled by temperature contrasts between the Arctic and temperate regions.
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),