Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 28 Sep 2014 00:00 UTC

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M 4.6 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 28 Sep 2014 00:00 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 1040534
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	40 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.66 , 47.58
Event Date:	28 Sep 2014 00:00 UTC 28 Sep 2014 03:30 Local
Exposed Population:	1447091 people within 100km
Inserted at:	28 Sep 2014 07:27 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=401787	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Two Hundred and Fifty Housing Units Are Co.. 9/28/2014 10:40:00 AM.

Source: Islamic Republic News Agency Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) The Governor of Dehloran informed about construction of two hundred and fifty housing units at affected by earthquake regions at this township. Sabzi expressed: one th

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Reversing the “Silent Earthquake of the Ce.. 9/17/2014 5:55:00 AM.

Source: UN Country Team in Iran Country: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of) By Gary Lewis, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative - Islamic Republic of Iran Mr. Lewis recently visited Shahid Nasseri Refugee Camp near

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Allocating of More than One Thousand Three.. 9/10/2014 9:32:00 PM.

Source: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Assistant of Reconstruction Affairs and Rural Housing at Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution informed about allocating of more than one thousand thr

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Head of Housing Foundation: Payment of Fac.. 9/7/2014 3:14:00 PM.

Source: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Head of Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution announced that payment of facilities is begun at Elam affected by earthquake regions as soon. Tabesh sai

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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