M 4.6 in Türkiye on 16 Oct 2012 10:25 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 26.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4594 , 35.689
Event Date: 16 Oct 2012 10:25 UTC
16 Oct 2012 13:25 Local
Exposed Population:
3310000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d6nx
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2012 11:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d6nx 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
120250 0.5 16 Oct 2012 10:25 4.6M, 10km N/A 3.5 million (in 100km) 00:07 EMSC
120251 0.5 16 Oct 2012 10:25 4.5M, 14km N/A 3.6 million (in 100km) 00:11 EMSC
120252 0.5 16 Oct 2012 10:25 4.6M, 14km N/A 3.6 million (in 100km) 00:14 EMSC
120253 0.5 16 Oct 2012 10:25 4.5M, 39km N/A 3.6 million (in 100km) 00:16 EMSC
120254 0.5 16 Oct 2012 10:25 4.6M, 26.6km N/A 3.3 million (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 Kahraman Maras (population 969,291) . The nearest places are Kahramanmaras, and Bölükçam.

Radius Population
100 km 3.6 million people
75 km 2.2 million people
50 km 1 million people
20 km 62000 people
10 km 18000 people
5 km 1100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kahraman Maras Turkey 970000 people
Gaziantep Turkey 1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bölükçam Kahramanmaras Turkey Village - 3 km
Kahramanmaras Kahramanmaras Turkey Major city 340000 people 26 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
Kahramanmaras KCM 523 Civ. Paved Yes 7500 23 km
Gaziantep GZT 706 Civ. Paved Yes 9100 66 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Kartalkaya Aksu 1971 4 km

More information

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