M 5.1 in Iraq on 16 Mar 2023 18:32 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 1365155
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.2373 , 46.0014
Event Date: 16 Mar 2023 18:32 UTC
16 Mar 2023 21:32 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2023 18:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.9 (Iraq)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Iraq= 6.9; Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000jkjc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.21  
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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 (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),