M 6 in Türkiye on 10 Jun 2012 12:44 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 117487
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 43 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.39 , 28.92
Event Date: 10 Jun 2012 12:44 UTC
10 Jun 2012 15:44 Local
Exposed Population:
606699 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jun 2012 16:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
usb000ac4h 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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(ANSAmed) - ROME, JUNE 13 - Another earthquake has occurred in southwest Turkey, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale. The same area had been hit by a 5.8 one three days ago which resulted in about 60 injured. According to reports from the US
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Quake hits Turkey 6/13/2012 9:40:00 AM.

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale took place in the Turkish city of Kutahya on Wednesday morning, CNN Turk TV channel reported.
Bulgarian Scientists Penniless, Can't Study Earthquake Faults 6/12/2012 7:42:00 PM.

Bulgarian scientists are unable to research earthquake faults around the country because of a lack of funds, according to geologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. On Tuesday, the BAS scientists completed its report on the May 22 e
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Aftershocks hit Turkey’s southwestern provinces 6/12/2012 12:42:00 AM.

Medium-intensity aftershocks hit southwestern Turkey a number of times yesterday following...

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),