M 5.5 in Iran on 02 Jan 2020 04:29 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 1200424
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.1474 , 60.2996
Event Date: 02 Jan 2020 04:29 UTC
02 Jan 2020 07:59 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
420000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Jan 2020 18:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Islamic Republic of Iran)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Afghanistan= 7.5; Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us70006tev Scaled population (raster) 1.11  
  C1 shakemap 0.11  
  C2 shakemap 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 130 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Iranians Take to Streets Across Country to Mourn for General Soleimani ... Sat, 04 Jan 2020 04:53:00 +0100.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian people across the country poured to the streets to mourn the martyrdom of commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, just hours after he was assassinated
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STAFF REPORTFri, 03 Jan 2020 06:14:00 +0100.

TLAHORE - A powerful earthquake jolted parts of the country including Lahore on Friday afternoon causing people to come out while reciting verses of the Holy Quran. The earthquake of 6.4 magnitude on Richter Scale hit ... TSIALKOT - The of
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5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes northeastern IranFri, 03 Jan 2020 04:45:00 +0100.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook northeastern Iran Thursday, state television reported, adding that there were no casualties nor immediate reports of damage. The quake hit the town of Sangan at a shallow depth of 8 km (5 miles) it said. The
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5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Iran 8 mins ago WorldThu, 02 Jan 2020 16:23:00 +0100.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 8 kilometers jolted northeastern Iran on Thursday, according to state television reports. The earthquake jolted the town of Sangan near the border with Afghanistan. There were no immediate reports
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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),