M 4.7 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 06 Dec 2017 07:57 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 1128099
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 40 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.45 , 45.7
Event Date: 06 Dec 2017 07:57 UTC
06 Dec 2017 11:27 Local
Exposed Population:
1590000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2017 15:00 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 GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
634334 Scaled population (vector) 6.29  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.21  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 242 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Iran Quake - Kerman Province: Information ... Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:47:00 +0100.

The situation Report. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit the Hijdak area located in Kerman province on Friday, 1st December 2017 at 06:02 a.m. local time. So far the occurrence of 190 aftershocks in Kerman has been registered since then, with t
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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Kermanshah Earthquake - Iran: Operations U ... Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:47:00 +0100.

The Situation. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Kermanshah province, western part of Iran along the border with Iraq on Sunday November 12, 2017 at 21:48 pm local time, killing at least 569 people and injuring more than 9.000 in numerous dist
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Paraenses têm entrada gratuita em festa com Wanderley AndradeWed, 06 Dec 2017 21:18:00 +0100.

Quem deseja conhecer a cultura paraense ou quer matar a saudade de casa terá destino certo neste domingo (10). O Banho de Cascata, localizado na rua Jardim da Baronesa, n 498, comunidade Aliança com Deus, bairro Nova Cidade, promove a “Fest
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6.0 QUAKE JOLTS AM. SAMOA ON CHRISTMAS DAYWed, 06 Dec 2017 20:47:00 +0100.

No damage reported. By Teri Hunkin PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (Samoa News, Dec. 27, 2011) - Did you feel the quake on Christmas Day in American Samoa? According to several residents of the territory, there was a strong jolt on Sunday afterno
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),