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Earthquake in Iraq (2017-11-13)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2017-11-13 13:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-11-12 18:18:00
Event type: Earthquake (Ground shaking)

Activation reason:
On 12 November at 18.18 UTC, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Halabja in Iraq, next to the Iranian border. This was followed by a series of small after-shocks ranging between 4 and 4.6 Richter.

Reference products: 4
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 4

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Earthquake in Iraq (2017-11-13). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/615ece7a-e84a-48f4-a711-2a7c5c8d34a7

Keywords

Copernicus Emergency Management Service CEMS Copernicus Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Earthquake Emergency Management Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency EMSR256 IRQ Mapping Rapid Mapping Iraq

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR256]: Earthquake in Iraq (2017-11-13)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
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WKT 
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WKT 
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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2017-11-13
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR256 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/615ece7a-e84a-48f4-a711-2a7c5c8d34a7
Popularity
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