Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 08 Jul 2019 07:00 UTC

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M 5.7 in Iran, Islamic Republic of on 08 Jul 2019 07:00 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 1183192
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	31.7748 , 49.5422
Event Date:	08 Jul 2019 07:00 UTC 08 Jul 2019 11:30 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI 1 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	08 Jul 2019 07:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.8
us70004ejm	Scaled population (raster)	1.98
	C1 shakemap	0.11
	C2 shakemap	0.4
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

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Iran - Earthquake (ECHO 09 Jul 2019)Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:04

An earthquake of 5.7M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southwestern Iran on 8 July at 7.00 UTC. The epicentre was located approximately 28 km south-east of Masjed Soleyman City (Khuzestan Province).
USGS PAGER estimates that up to 1,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking, while up to 17,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
As of 9 July, media report one fatality and at least 100 people injured. According to initial assessments, the event caused damage to Oil Hospital and to 1,000 residential buildings in Masjed Soleyman. The access to villages in the outskirts of Masjed Soleyman is blocked, while 400 families have been provided with emergency shelters.
The affected population is being assisted with essential relief and food items, while damage assessment is still ongoing.

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