M 4.7 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 05 Nov 2020 10:39 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 1242613
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.8773 , 49.063
Event Date: 05 Nov 2020 10:39 UTC
05 Nov 2020 14:09 Local
Exposed Population:
3460000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Nov 2020 12:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us7000car8 Scaled population (vector) 6.32  
  C1 earthquake 1.29  
  C2 earthquake 0.26  
  Country Vulnerability 0.55  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 23 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Islamic Relief supports aid efforts as earthquake causes devastation i ... Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:30:00 +0100.

Islamic Relief are supporting aid efforts in the aftermath of the latest earthquake in Turkey. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkish port city of Izmir and was followed by over 1,500 aftershocks, 44 of which were greater than 4.0
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Indonesian Ngos Support Turkey's Quake VictimsThu, 05 Nov 2020 15:45:00 +0100.

By Pizaro Gozali Idrus Several humanitarian groups and Islamic organizations in Indonesia are providing relief to earthquake victims in Turkey's Aegean province Izmir. Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT), one of the largest NGOs in Indonesia, has been
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Iran’s armed forces chief offers to help Turkey’s earthquake victimsWed, 04 Nov 2020 14:33:00 +0100.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Hossein Baqeri, said yesterday that the Islamic Republic’s armed forces are ready to help the victims of the earthquake that hit the western Turkish city of
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The World in BriefWed, 04 Nov 2020 11:46:00 +0100.

Turkish girl, 3, alive 4 days after quake. IZMIR, TURKEY -- Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a toddler out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greec
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),