M 4.6 in Iran-Iraq Border Region on 25 Nov 2018 16:41 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 1163305
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.3 , 45.64
Event Date: 25 Nov 2018 16:41 UTC
25 Nov 2018 20:11 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Nov 2018 17:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
727886 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Over 600 injured in magnitude-6.4 earthquake in Iran 11/26/2018 10:54:00 AM.

At least 634 people were injured in the magnitude-6.4 earthquake that hit Kermanshah province in western Iran on Sunday, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. There has been no death report in the quake so far, the report quoted Mahamoud R
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At least 634 people were injured in the magnitude-6... 11/26/2018 10:27:00 AM.

Over 600 injured in massive Iran quake. There has been no report of any fatal casualties, Xinhua news agency quoted Mahamoud Reza, president of Medical Science University of Kermanshah province, as saying. Representational Image At least
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Over 600 injured in magnitude-6.4 earthquake in western Iran 11/26/2018 9:03:00 AM.

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 634 people were injured in the magnitude-6.4 earthquake that hit Kermanshah province in western Iran on Sunday, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. There has been no death report in the quake so far,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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