M 5.7 in Iran on 23 Feb 2020 05:53 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1207570
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 6.43 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.5041 , 44.4046
Event Date: 23 Feb 2020 05:53 UTC
23 Feb 2020 09:23 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people in MMI
4 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2020 08:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6; Türkiye= 3.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
us70007v29 Scaled population (raster) 2.41  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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At least 9 dead in Turkey after magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes north ... Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:41:00 +0100.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps:

26/Feb/2020 06:24 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),