M 5.5 in Near Coast Of Oaxaca, Mexico on 01 Oct 2022 16:36 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 1340160
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 23.695 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.0215 , -94.0146
Event Date: 01 Oct 2022 16:36 UTC
01 Oct 2022 10:36 Local
Exposed Population: 60 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2022 16:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000iq0y Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 330 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Iran quake injures more than 500 people2022-10-05T11:18+0200.

TEHRAN, Oct 5, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - A 5.4 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran injured more than 500 people early Wednesday, most of them lightly, state media reported. "The quake that hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) in West Az
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Iran quake injures more than 500 people2022-10-05T11:00+0200.

TEHRAN : A 5.4 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran injured more than 500 people early Wednesday, most of them lightly, state media reported. “The quake that hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) in West Azerbaijan province has i
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Iran quake injures more than 500 people2022-10-05T10:58+0200.

TEHERAN - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran injured more than 500 people early on Wednesday, most of them lightly, state media reported. "The quake that hit at a depth of 10 kilometres in West Azerbaijan province has injured 5
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Iran Quake Injures More Than 500 People2022-10-05T10:51+0200.

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran injured more than 500 people early Wednesday, most of them lightly, state media reported. "The quake that hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) in West Azerbaijan province has injured 52
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),