M 5.1 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 16 Feb 2020 12:30 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 1206756
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.1028 , 55.7703
Event Date: 16 Feb 2020 12:30 UTC
16 Feb 2020 16:00 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
860000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Feb 2020 19:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us70007rb0 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Iran - Earthquake (ECHO 17 Feb 2020)Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:06

  • An earthquake of 5.5 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Iran on 16 February at 12.30 UTC (16.00 local time). The epicentre was approximately 50 km west of Bandar Abbas City (Hormozgan Province).
  • Up to 2,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking, while up to 18,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
  • As of 17 February, media report minor damage to buildings but no casualties.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Bosnians collect donations for quake victimsSat, 01 Feb 2020 05:03:00 +0100.

Citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina joined the relief efforts being carried out for the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit eastern Turkey last week. Bosnia-Herzegovina Islamic Union launched an aid campaign at all mosques across the count
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Zarif offers commiserations to Turkey over deadly quakeSat, 25 Jan 2020 17:15:00 +0100.

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed commiserations with the Turkish government and nation over a deadly earthquake in the country that killed and injured dozens of people. In a phone conversation
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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),