M 6 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 12 Dec 2017 21:41 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 1128540
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.8372 , 57.2731
Event Date: 12 Dec 2017 21:41 UTC
13 Dec 2017 01:11 Local
Exposed Population: 900000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Dec 2017 21:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us2000c3mi Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 244 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

“Hace mucho en frío en Moria. ¡Qué vergüenza para Europa!”Wed, 13 Dec 2017 08:51:00 +0100.

Regreso de Lesbos muy tocada. He estado en el campo de refugiados de Moria esta mañana. ¡Qué vergüenza para Europa! ¿Cómo podemos permitir que exista un lugar así dentro de nuestras fronteras ? Casi 7.000 personas, incluidos muchos niños y
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“Hace mucho en frío en Moria. ¡Qué vergüenza para Europa!”Wed, 13 Dec 2017 08:29:00 +0100.

Regreso de Lesbos muy tocada. He estado en el campo de refugiados de Moria esta mañana. ¡Qué vergüenza para Europa! ¿Cómo podemos permitir que exista un lugar así dentro de nuestras fronteras ? Casi 7.000 personas, incluidos muchos niños y
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The Rich Are Getting Richer in Abe’s JapanWed, 13 Dec 2017 07:45:00 +0100.

The widening income gap—while nothing like U.S. imbalances—is making it tougher for the nation to deal with demographic challenges, as stagnant wages deter people from having children and an aging workforce hampers the government’s efforts
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Three Indonesian archives recognized as UNESCO Memory of the WorldWed, 13 Dec 2017 07:13:00 +0100.

The Borobudur Conservation Archives was proposed by Borobudur Conservation Office under the Education and Culture Ministry. (JP/Tarko Sudiarno) and Panji tales manuscripts , have been recognized by UNESCO Memory of the World. Indonesian I
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),