M 4.5 in Türkiye on 09 Dec 2015 09:03 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: 39.0621 , 37.5415
Event Date: 09 Dec 2015 09:03 UTC
09 Dec 2015 11:03 Local
Exposed Population:
893010 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2015 09:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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
1110681 0 09 Dec 2015 09:03 4.6M, 5km N/A 1.2 million (in 100km) 00:05 KOERI
1110683 0 09 Dec 2015 09:03 4.6M, 5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:06 EMSC
1110684 0 09 Dec 2015 09:03 4.5M, 17km N/A 1.2 million (in 100km) 00:12 EMSC
1110690 0 09 Dec 2015 09:03 4.5M, 10km N/A 890 thousand (in 100km) 00:38 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 Malatya (population 762,074) . The nearest places are Malatya, and Hekimani.

Radius Population
100 km 1.2 million people
75 km 870000 people
50 km 150000 people
20 km 39000 people
10 km 13000 people
5 km 1900 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Malatya Turkey 760000 people
Sivas Turkey 830000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Hekimani Malatya Turkey Village - 7 km
Malatya Malatya Turkey Major city 440000 people 68 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
Malatya MLX 862 Civ. Paved Yes 10900 51 km
Borankoy 683 61 km
Malatya 919 65 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Sultansuyu Sultansuyu 1992 63 km

More information

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