M 7.8 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 16 Apr 2013 10:44 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 124055
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 82 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.1069 , 62.0532
Event Date: 16 Apr 2013 10:44 UTC
16 Apr 2013 15:14 Local
Exposed Population: 367035 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2013 11:38 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
usb000g7x7 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1640 | About casualties: 372 | Last hour: 0

Pakistan troops help quake rescueSat, 20 Apr 2013 10:18:00 +0200.

Pakistan sends troops to help its citizens affected by a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck just over the border in Iran.
Japan in record annual trade deficitSat, 20 Apr 2013 10:18:00 +0200.

Japan, the world's third-largest economy, has reported a record trade deficit for the year to 31 March. The deficit hit 8.17tn yen ($83.4bn; £54.5bn) as a slump in global demand hurt exports, while greater domestic consumption of fuel boost
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Quake victims burn tyres at angry protestsSat, 20 Apr 2013 10:03:00 +0200.

MASHKAIL, Pakistan, April 19, (AFP): Pakistani earthquake victims burnt tyres at angry protests on Friday, accusing the government of failing to provide adequate relief three days after their homes were destroyed or damaged. Tuesday’s 7.8-m
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Strong earthquake in Indonesia's Banda Sea, no tsunami threatSat, 20 Apr 2013 09:50:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occured southeast of Banda Sea, Indonesia this afternoon.

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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),