M 4.9 in Türkiye on 09 Oct 2015 14:39 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: 4.9M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.75 , 36.74
Event Date: 09 Oct 2015 14:39 UTC
09 Oct 2015 17:39 Local
Exposed Population:
2901812 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=463774
Inserted at: 09 Oct 2015 15:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.2 0.2
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=463774 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
1101348 0.3 09 Oct 2015 14:39 5.1M, 5km N/A 2.9 million (in 100km) 00:05 KOERI
1101351 0.3 09 Oct 2015 14:39 5.1M, 2km N/A 2.7 million (in 100km) 00:09 EMSC
1101353 0.2 09 Oct 2015 14:39 4.9M, 22km N/A 2.9 million (in 100km) 00:15 EMSC
1101355 0.1 09 Oct 2015 14:39 4.8M, 7.62km N/A 2.9 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1101356 0.2 09 Oct 2015 14:39 4.9M, 2km N/A 2.9 million (in 100km) 00:21 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 Tokat (population 780,740) . The nearest places are Samsun, and Ballibag.

Radius Population
100 km 2.9 million people
75 km 2.1 million people
50 km 660000 people
20 km 120000 people
10 km 34000 people
5 km 3300 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Tokat Turkey 780000 people
Ordu Turkey 900000 people
Samsun Turkey 1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ballibag Tokat Turkey Village - 8 km
Samsun Samsun Turkey Major city 390000 people 74 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
Tokat TJK 558 Civ. Paved Yes 5200 52 km
Carsamba SZF 5 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 64 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Unye TRUNY Turkey 70 km
Samsun TRSSX Turkey 74 km
Fatsa TRFAS Turkey 77 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Hasan Ugurlu Yesilirmak 1981 28 km

More information

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