Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 24 May 2014 09:31 UTC

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M 4.9 in Türkiye on 24 May 2014 09:31 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 1032224
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	27.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.4415 , 26.2065
Event Date:	24 May 2014 09:31 UTC 24 May 2014 12:31 Local
Exposed Population:	842584 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 May 2014 12:35 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0.1		n.a
14F03996	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Earthquake in Turkey causes panic among population 5/27/2014 1:50:00 PM.

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Turkish southeastern province of Van, Turkish Anadolu news agency reported on May 27.

VIDEO: Keep calm and take your tea, two Turks say during earthquake 5/27/2014 11:19:00 AM.

Two men from Çanakkale did not leave their tea behind as the region was being shaken by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on May 24

Earthquake in Turkey causes panic among population 5/27/2014 8:33:00 AM.

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Turkish south-eastern province of Van, Turkish Anadolu news agency reported on May 27.

Turkey: earthquake fault line put up for sale in Anatolia 5/26/2014 1:07:00 PM.

(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, MAY 26 - Public land encompassing an earthquake fault line in the Central Anatolian province of Eskisehir has been put up for sale by Turkey's Privatization High Council (OYK), drawing reactions from an influential NGO a

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