M 4.9 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 18 Jun 2024 09:54 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 1433664
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.2605 , 58.4582
Event Date: 18 Jun 2024 09:54 UTC
18 Jun 2024 13:24 Local
Exposed Population:
120 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 18 Jun 2024 10:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us7000mt58 Scaled population (vector) 0.6  
  C1 rapid impact 0.11  
  C2 rapid impact 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Iran - Earthquake (ECHO 19 Jun 2024)Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:38

  • An earthquake of 4.9 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in Razavi Khorasan province, north-eastern Iran, on 18 June at 9:54 UTC (13:24 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 2 km north-northwestern of Kashmar city in the Central District of Kashmar county, Razavi Khorasan.
  • USGS PAGER reported that severe shaking was felt in the affected area.
  • According to media, as of 18 June, four people died, 120 have been injured, including 35 hospitalized people, and several buildings in Kashmar.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

An earthquake in northeastern Iran kills 4 and injures more than 1202024-06-19T16:57+0200.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Kashmar County in Iran's northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 120 others, according to the official IRNA news agency. Kashmar Governor Hojato
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Magnitude 5 Quake Kills 2, Injures 30 NE Iran2024-06-18T19:14+0200.

- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TEHRAN, June 18 (KUNA) --- A magnitude 5 earthquake hit Kashmar in Iran's north-eastern Razavi Khorasan province on Tuesday, killing two people and leaving 30 others injured, Iranian authorities said. "The earth
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),