Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 02 Mar 2017 11:07 UTC

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M 5.2 in Türkiye on 02 Mar 2017 11:07 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:	5.2M
Depth:	11 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.6 , 38.49
Event Date:	02 Mar 2017 11:07 UTC 02 Mar 2017 14:07 Local
Exposed Population:	3610000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC 572980
Inserted at:	02 Mar 2017 11:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.7 (Syria)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Syria= 5.7; Türkiye= 3.2

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.4		0.4
572980	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1159258	0.8	02 Mar 2017 11:07	5.8M, 2km	N/A	3.6 million (in 100km)	00:06	EMSC
1159260	0.6	02 Mar 2017 11:07	5.5M, 11km	N/A	3.6 million (in 100km)	00:11	EMSC
1159263	0.6	02 Mar 2017 11:07	5.6M, 10km	N/A	9 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	00:19	NEIC
1159264	0.4	02 Mar 2017 11:07	5.2M, 11km	N/A	3.6 million (in 100km)	00:20	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 ,of Adiyaman (population 9,289) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	9300 people
	19000 people
	320000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1159263	37.58/38.44	5.6	10	0	02 Mar 2017 11:28	00:20	(new episode)
	2	0	1159263	37.58/38.44	5.6	10	0	02 Mar 2017 13:10	02:02	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Adiyaman	Turkey	9300 people
Adiyaman	Turkey	19000 people
Urfa	Turkey	<1000 people
Adiyaman	Turkey	270000 people
Urfa	Turkey	47000 people
Adiyaman	Turkey	360000 people
Urfa	Turkey	1.4 million people
Gaziantep	Turkey	330000 people
Malatya	Turkey	140000 people
Kahraman Maras	Turkey	5700 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	270000 people
Ar Raqqah	Syrian Arab Republic	3100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kuyulu	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	20 km
Yaylak	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	23 km
Büyükçerkezi	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	23 km
Bahçeli	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	25 km
Adiyaman	Adiyaman	Turkey	City	190000 people	25 km
Bozova	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	21000 people	25 km
Kahta	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	72000 people	28 km
Sambayat	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	36 km
Gerdek	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	37 km
Kirkpinar	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	38 km
Akziyaret	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	41 km
Kanliavsar	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	43 km
Yedikuyu	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	43 km
Damlacik	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	43 km
Akbudak	Gaziantep	Turkey	Village	-	46 km
Hilvan	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	17000 people	47 km
Gölberan	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	50 km
Halkuto	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	50 km
Cakirhuyuk	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	51 km
Besni	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	46000 people	52 km
Golcuk	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	56 km
Sanliurfa	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Major city	450000 people	56 km
Urfa	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Major city	450000 people	56 km
Melkis	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	57 km
Erkenek	Malatya	Turkey	Village	-	61 km
Asagiköy	Malatya	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Kocaali	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Surgu	Malatya	Turkey	Village	-	63 km
Celtik	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	65 km
Harmanli	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	66 km
Suruc	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	59000 people	67 km
Kayabasi	Gaziantep	Turkey	Village	-	68 km
Venkök	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	68 km
Birecik	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	44000 people	72 km
Ardil	Gaziantep	Turkey	Village	-	72 km
Golbasi	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	40000 people	73 km
Beloren	Adiyaman	Turkey	Village	-	75 km
Dogansehir	Malatya	Turkey	Village	-	75 km
'ayn Al'arab	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	76 km
Mamayt	Halab	Syria	Village	-	80 km
Sivarek	Sanliurfa	Turkey	City	-	81 km
Kapakli	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	81 km
Güvercin	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	82 km
Çigiran	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	84 km
Nizip	Gaziantep	Turkey	City	81000 people	84 km
Aoukhâne	Halab	Syria	Village	-	85 km
Boulaqi	Halab	Syria	Village	-	89 km
Telseyf	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	90 km
Karakeci	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	91 km
Carablus	Halab	Syria	Village	-	92 km
Shuyukh al Fawqani	Halab	Syria	Village	-	96 km
Konukçu	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	100 km
Akcakale	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	106 km
Tall Al Abyad	Sanliurfa	Turkey	Village	-	107 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
Adiyaman	ADF	673	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	17 km
Sanliurfa	SFQ	452	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	65 km
Malatya		919				0	87 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Ataturk	Euphrates	1992	15 km
Adiyaman	Cat	Abdulharap	1996	56 km
	Surgu	Surgu	1969	70 km
	Birecik	Firat	2000	76 km
	Hancagiz	Nizip	1989	85 km
	Karkamis	Firat	1999	87 km

More information

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