M 4.7 in Syrian Arab Republic on 03 Apr 2020 18:15 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 1212715
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 12.71 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9205 , 35.4896
Event Date: 03 Apr 2020 18:15 UTC
03 Apr 2020 20:15 Local
Exposed Population:
2690000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2020 14:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.7 (Syria)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Syria= 5.7; Türkiye= 3.2; Cyprus= 2.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008mx0 Scaled population (vector) 6.11  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.07  
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Latest media headlines

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4.7 scale earthquake registered at Syrian coastFri, 03 Apr 2020 23:31:00 +0200.

Damascus, SANA – A light earthquake was registered at 4.7 on the Richter Scale on Friday evening at the Syrian coast at a depth of 20 km 65 km away from Lattakia city. The National Center for Seismic Monitoring said the earthquake occurred
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Sea Earthquake Felt in Lebanon, Syria RegionsFri, 03 Apr 2020 22:25:00 +0200.

Residents of several Lebanese and Syrian regions felt an earthquake Friday evening, media reports said. "Residents in Beirut, Zgharta, Batroun, Tripoli and Akkar felt an earthquake that lasted for several seconds," Lebanon's state-run Natio
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Moderate Earthquake Felt in LebanonFri, 03 Apr 2020 22:23:00 +0200.

The Lebanese National Center for Geophysics reported an earthquake occurred Friday night, adding its epicenter was the sea off the Syrian-Turkish border and noting that it measured 4.4 on the Richter scale. Residents in Beirut, Zgharta, Bat
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Earthquake Felt across Lebanon, SyriaFri, 03 Apr 2020 21:09:00 +0200.

Residents of several Lebanese and Syrian regions felt an earthquake Friday evening, media reports said. "Residents in Beirut, Zgharta, Batroun, Tripoli and Akkar felt an earthquake that lasted for several seconds," Lebanon's state-run Natio
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),