M 4.9 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 31 Jan 2021 22:06 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 1253959
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.2227 , 57.2401
Event Date: 31 Jan 2021 22:06 UTC
01 Feb 2021 01:36 Local
Exposed Population:
850000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Jan 2021 22:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us6000ddhs Scaled population (vector) 5.83  
  C1 earthquake 1.29  
  C2 earthquake 0.26  
  Country Vulnerability 0.55  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Helping communities in Indonesia rebuild their lives and prepare for f ... Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:13:00 +0100.

Country: Indonesia Source: Islamic Relief n Islamic Relief project due to complete next month is helping communities in Sulawesi, Indonesia, to better protect themselves when disasters strike. On 28 September 2018, three earthquakes struck
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The world in briefSun, 17 Jan 2021 10:34:00 +0100.

A Taliban spokesman, Yousaf Ahmadi, in a tweet claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place late Friday. On Saturday, a sticky bomb attached to an armored police SUV exploded in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing two
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Muslim scholars offer support to quake-hit IndonesiaSat, 16 Jan 2021 14:17:00 +0100.

The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) offered condolences to Indonesia on Saturday over the victims of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted the country. In a statement, IUMS Secretary-General Ali al-Qaradaghi called on Islami
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TİKA Supports Earthquake Victims in CroatiaThu, 14 Jan 2021 14:26:00 +0100.

Country: Croatia Source: Turkish Red Crescent Society Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) provided 500 blankets to the city of Sisak and Petrinja, one of its subdivisions, which were hit by the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Cro
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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),