Organisation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Title: Earthquake in Iran (2019-11-08)

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Activation time (UTC): 2019-11-08 13:16:00 Event time (UTC): 2019-11-07 23:00:00 Event type: Earthquake (Ground shaking)

Activation reason:
"On 7 November a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Iran at a depth of 10km with epicentre near by Varnakesh. At least 6 people were killed and at least 350 injured. The earthquake was followed by at least 60 aftershocks increasing the damage on buildings. Approximately 100 houses were completely destroyed in villages Varnakesh and Zaraghan and several hundred damaged in different degrees in other villages near by.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2019):  Earthquake in Iran (2019-11-08). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/baf8def1-0ef4-424c-9fde-1afbc996354b
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Issue date 2019-11-08
Landing page https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR406
Language English
Data theme(s) Regions and cities; Science and technology
EuroVoc domain(s) 72 GEOGRAPHY
Identifier http://data.europa.eu/89h/baf8def1-0ef4-424c-9fde-1afbc996354b
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37.9562589451° N, 47.8019388097° E, 37.3984323356° S, 47.026485055° W

Coordinate Reference System ETRS89 / LAEA Europe

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