M 5.8 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 09 Jun 2020 17:18 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 1221602
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7105 , 53.4265
Event Date: 09 Jun 2020 17:18 UTC
09 Jun 2020 21:48 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
850000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jun 2020 19:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
us6000a8nh Scaled population (raster) 2.26  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Iran - Earthquake (ECHO 10 Jun 2020)Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:05

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 10 km hit Fars Province (south-west Iran) on 9 June at 17.18 UTC. The epicentre was approximately 6 km south-east of Chahtous Town.
  • In the same area, a foreshock of 5.4 M at a depth of 10 km occurred at 16.08 UTC, and several aftershocks between 4.2 M and 4.3 M followed the main event.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 2,000 people were exposed to strong shakings.
  • There are no immediate reports of casualties but damage to some houses and power outages occurred in the affected area, rescue teams have been dispatched to assess the situation.
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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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),