Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 27 Jan 2017 20:51 UTC

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M 4.8 in Türkiye on 27 Jan 2017 20:51 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:	4.8M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	36.0032 , 28.7421
Event Date:	27 Jan 2017 20:51 UTC 27 Jan 2017 22:51 Local
Exposed Population:	390000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007vud
Inserted at:	28 Jan 2017 18:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us10007vud	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1155427	0	27 Jan 2017 20:51	4.7M, 10km	N/A	370 thousand (in 100km)	00:04	NOAIG
1155430	0.1	27 Jan 2017 20:51	5.1M, 30km	N/A	290 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	EMSC
1155431	0	27 Jan 2017 20:51	4.7M, 60km	N/A	340 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	EMSC
1155432	0	27 Jan 2017 20:51	4.6M, 5.6km	N/A	400 thousand (in 100km)	00:30	NOAIG
1155442	0.1	27 Jan 2017 20:51	4.8M, 25.86km	N/A	390 thousand (in 100km)	02:02	NEIC
1155468	0	27 Jan 2017 20:51	4.8M, 30km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)	08:27	EMSC
1155541	0.1	27 Jan 2017 20:51	4.8M, 20.03km	N/A	390 thousand (in 100km)	21:35	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 Mugla (population 610,924) . The nearest places are Gey, Karadere, Adaköy, Kalkan, Bogaziçi, Gölbent, Üzümlü, Bezirgân, Palamut, Aklar, and Esen.

Radius	Population
100 km	370000 people
75 km	25000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mugla	Turkey	610000 people
Antalya	Turkey	1.2 million people
Aegean Islands	Greece	460000 people
Denizli	Turkey	820000 people
Burdur	Turkey	280000 people
Aydin	Turkey	900000 people
Afyon	Turkey	800000 people
Isparta	Turkey	470000 people
Izmir	Turkey	2.9 million people
Manisa	Turkey	1.3 million people
Crete	Greece	540000 people
Usak	Turkey	320000 people
Konya	Turkey	1.9 million people
Kutahya	Turkey	630000 people
Paphos	Cyprus	67000 people
Icel	Turkey	1.4 million people
Nicosia	Cyprus	270000 people
Balikesir	Turkey	1.1 million people
Limassol	Cyprus	150000 people
Kyrenia	Cyprus	38000 people
Eskisehir	Turkey	700000 people
Bursa	Turkey	1.7 million people
Larnaca	Cyprus	71000 people
Bilecik	Turkey	190000 people
Ankara	Turkey	3.5 million people
Canakkale	Turkey	470000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Gey	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	54 km
Karadere	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	55 km
Adaköy	Antalya	Turkey	Village	-	56 km
Kalkan	Antalya	Turkey	Village	-	58 km
Bogaziçi	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	58 km
Gölbent	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	59 km
Üzümlü	Antalya	Turkey	Village	-	61 km
Bezirgân	Antalya	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Palamut	Antalya	Turkey	Village	-	66 km
Aklar	Antalya	Turkey	Village	-	66 km
Esen	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	67 km

see full list

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
Kastelorizo	KZS	unknown				0	66 km
Maritsa		62	Civ.	Paved	No	7800	83 km
Dalaman	DLM	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kastellorizon		Greece	69 km
Lindos		Greece	73 km
Kas	TRKAS	Turkey	73 km
Fethiye	TRFET	Turkey	78 km
Rhodes	GRRHO	Greece	78 km

More information

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