Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 18 Nov 2012 15:44 UTC

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M 4 in Türkiye on 18 Nov 2012 15:44 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.0M
Depth:	5 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.54 , 39.9
Event Date:	18 Nov 2012 15:44 UTC 18 Nov 2012 17:44 Local
Exposed Population:	920000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	18 Nov 2012 15:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
120957		0.5	18 Nov 2012 15:44	4M, 5km	N/A	920 thousand (in 100km)		00:09	EMSC

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* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Turkey , Province of Tunceli (population 144,525) . The nearest places are Elazig, and Pulumur.

Radius	Population
100 km	940000 people
75 km	520000 people
50 km	290000 people
20 km	33000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	1900 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tunceli	Turkey	140000 people
Erzincan	Turkey	320000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pulumur	Tunceli	Turkey	Village	-	6 km
Elazig	Elazig	Turkey	Major city	280000 people	110 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Erzincan	ERC	1153	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	37 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Ozluce	Peri	1997	48 km

More information

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