M 5.5 in Türkiye on 02 Dec 2015 23:27 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: 5.5M
Depth: 6.34 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.2233 , 40.2636
Event Date: 02 Dec 2015 23:27 UTC
03 Dec 2015 01:27 Local
Exposed Population:
1017845 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 02 Dec 2015 23:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
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
1109552 0.4 02 Dec 2015 23:27 5.5M, 5km N/A 990 thousand (in 100km) 00:08 KOERI
1109554 0.4 02 Dec 2015 23:27 5.5M, 5km N/A 990 thousand (in 100km) 00:15 EMSC
1109555 0.4 02 Dec 2015 23:27 5.4M, 5km N/A 990 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 EMSC
1109558 0.4 02 Dec 2015 23:27 5.5M, 6.34km N/A 1 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
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 Bingol (population 272,421) .

Radius Population
100 km 990000 people
75 km 520000 people
50 km 210000 people
20 km 19000 people
10 km 4400 people
5 km 1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Turkey Bingol 270000 people
Turkey Elazig 540000 people
Turkey Tunceli 140000 people
Turkey Erzincan 320000 people
Turkey Erzurum 920000 people
Turkey Diyarbakir 1.2 million people
Turkey Mus 410000 people
Turkey Gumshane 180000 people

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 79 km

More information

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