M 4.6 in Iran on 01 Dec 2012 22:08 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 121207
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 27.5 , 53.69
Event Date: 01 Dec 2012 22:08 UTC
02 Dec 2012 01:38 Local
Exposed Population:
430000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Dec 2012 01:19 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 292 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Five dead in earthquake in eastern Iran -media reportsWed, 05 Dec 2012 22:06:00 +0100.

Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:01 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters * Toll expected to rise * Quake hits far east of country, near Afghan border * People ran into streets after buildings collapsed (Updates toll) DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - An earthquake meas
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Five dead in earthquake in eastern Iran: media reportsWed, 05 Dec 2012 21:57:00 +0100.

LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 in magnitude struck eastern Iran on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 10 others, Iranian media reported, adding that the toll was expected to rise. Iran's Fars news agency said people
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Reports: Five dead in earthquake in eastern IranWed, 05 Dec 2012 21:51:00 +0100.

LONDON - An earthquake measuring 5.5 in magnitude struck eastern Iran on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 10 others, Iranian media reported, adding that the toll was expected to rise. Iran's Fars news agency said people ran out o
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Reports: Five dead in earthquake in eastern IranWed, 05 Dec 2012 21:45:00 +0100.

LONDON - An earthquake measuring 5.5 in magnitude struck eastern Iran on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 10 others, Iranian media reported, adding that the toll was expected to rise. Iran's Fars news agency said people ran out o
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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),