M 4.5 in Türkiye on 10 Feb 2015 04:01 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: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.04 , 35.97
Event Date: 10 Feb 2015 04:01 UTC
10 Feb 2015 06:01 Local
Exposed Population:
4103773 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=426607
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2015 04:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=426607 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1071428 0 10 Feb 2015 04:01 4.6M, 11.8km N/A 4.1 million (in 100km) 00:07 KOERI
1071429 0 10 Feb 2015 04:01 4.6M, 8km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:13 EMSC
1071431 0 10 Feb 2015 04:01 4.5M, 10km N/A 4.1 million (in 100km) 00:37 EMSC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* 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 Hatay (population 1,204,628) . The nearest places are Al Lathqiyah, and Samandag.

Radius Population
100 km 4.2 million people
75 km 2.7 million people
50 km 900000 people
20 km 190000 people
10 km 86000 people
5 km 18000 people
2 km 1500 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Hatay Turkey 1.2 million people
Al Ladhiqiyah Syrian Arab Republic 850000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Samandag Hatay Turkey Village - 5 km
Al Lathqiyah Al Ladhiqiyah Syria Major city - 60 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
Iskenderun 8 62 km
Latakia LTK 48 Civ. Paved Yes 8200 71 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Borj Islam Syria 46 km
Lattakia SYLTK Syria 61 km
Iskenderun TRISK Turkey 63 km

More information

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