M 4 in Türkiye on 12 Dec 2012 01:18 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: 4.0M
Depth: 11 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.3 , 36.27
Event Date: 12 Dec 2012 01:18 UTC
12 Dec 2012 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:
4000000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 12 Dec 2012 01:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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
121407 0.5 12 Dec 2012 01:18 4M, 11km N/A 4 million (in 100km) 00:10 EMSC
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 Adana (population 2,100,323) . The nearest places are Kahramanmaras, and Meydan.

Radius Population
100 km 4 million people
75 km 1.9 million people
50 km 890000 people
20 km 150000 people
10 km 9800 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Adana Turkey 2.1 million people
Kahraman Maras Turkey 970000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Meydan Osmaniye Turkey Village - 10 km
Kahramanmaras Kahramanmaras Turkey Major city 340000 people 67 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 67 km
Incirlik AB UAB 73 Mil. Paved Yes 10000 82 km
Iskenderun 8 83 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Dorytol Turkey 54 km
Botas TRCEY Turkey 56 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Aslantas Ceyhan 1984 5 km

More information

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