M 5.8 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 16 Mar 2022 23:15 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 1314105
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.0245 , 54.6316
Event Date: 16 Mar 2022 23:15 UTC
17 Mar 2022 02:45 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI VII
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2022 23:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000h58x Scaled population (vector) -0.3  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Iran - Earthquake (ECHO 17 Mar 2022)Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:46

  • An earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Iran on 16 March at 23.15 UTC (17 March at 2.45 local time). The epicentre was located in the Hormozgan Province, north of the coast of the Persian Gulf, approximately 155 km west of Bandar Abbas City and 345 km south-east of Shiraz City. An aftershock of 4.5 M at the same depth at 23.27 UTC was recorded in the area.
  • USGS PAGER estimates, for the 5.8 M event, that up to 2,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 24,000 to strong shaking.
  • The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reports, as of 17 March, a damaged religious building in Lavar Din Village and a number of power outages across Koukherd, Jinnah and Mehran Bastak Villages.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),