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Green Earthquake alert in Turkey on 10/06/2012 12:44 UTC
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Summary

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This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

  • Earthquake Magnitude 6M, Depth:43km
  • on 10/06/2012 12:44 UTC
  • 640000 people within 100km

Earthquake event

  • Magnitude: 6 M
  • Depth: 43 km (deep)
  • Source: EMSC
  • Location (latitude/longitude): 36.39, 28.92
  • Time (UTC): 10/06/2012 12:44:17
  • Time (ECT): 10/06/2012 14:44:17

Earthquake impact details

The earthquake happened in Turkey , Province of Mugla (population 610,924) . The nearest places are and Denizli. The maximum altitude nearby is 2977m .

Population

Population near epicenter
Radius Population
100 km 640000 people
75 km 400000 people
50 km 190000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected provinces

Region/Province Country Population
Mugla Turkey 610000 people

Affected cities

Name Region/Province Country City class Population Distance
Denizli Denizli Turkey Major city 310000 people 156 km

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Nearby and affected airports
Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Dalaman DLM 7 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 39 km
Kastelorizo KZS -9999999 65 km
Major ports
Name LOCODE Country Distance
Fethiye TRFET Turkey 32 km
Rhodes GRRHO Greece 61 km
Kastellorizon Greece 66 km
Kas TRKAS Turkey 67 km
Aksaz Turkey 70 km
Not calculated

Event time line

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert colorDateMagnitude and depthPopulation within 100 kmTsunami risk (max height)Delay Source
1174876/10/2012 12:44:17 PM 6M, 30km 640 thousand 00:05 EMSCEMSC
1174886/10/2012 12:44:15 PM 5.7M, 20.4km 720 thousand 00:22 NEICNEIC
1174896/10/2012 12:44:17 PM 5.8M, 39.6km 730 thousand 00:52 NEICNEIC
1174946/10/2012 12:44:15 PM 5.9M, 10km 640 thousand 03:46 EMSCEMSC
1174956/10/2012 12:44:17 PM 6M, 43km 640 thousand 04:11 EMSCEMSC

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