M 4.9 in Türkiye on 09 Oct 2015 14:39 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 1068579
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.75 , 36.74
Event Date: 09 Oct 2015 14:39 UTC
09 Oct 2015 17:39 Local
Exposed Population:
2901812 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Oct 2015 15:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.2 0.2
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=463774 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

Articles: 235 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

He tried to take off the pilot's hat, but the flesh on the man's jaw f ... Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:42:00 +0200.

Witnesses on a remote Filipino island have told of the moment a 13-year-old boy stumbled upon what he says is a plane fuselage 'full of skeletons' – and of the grisly moment the boy touched the dead pilot's hat and flesh on his jaw fell off
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He tried to take off the pilot's hat, but the flesh on the man's jaw f ... Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:04:00 +0200.

Boy, 13, on Sugbay Island, Philippines, claims to have found fuselage 'full of skeletons' Siti Kayyam said her son saw decaying bodies and retrieved a Malaysian flag from the wreckage Locals deny seeing the wreckage and police patrol boats
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Chile declares state of emergency after quake ...Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:30:00 +0200.

Chile's government has declared a state of emergency in a central region struck by a powerful earthquake. One million people had to leave their homes and at least 11 people died when the 8.3-magnitude quake hit on Wednesday night. In the co
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Cómo la naturaleza cubrió la zona de exclusión de FukushimaTue, 13 Oct 2015 12:25:00 +0200.

Lunes, 12 de octubre de 2015 Cómo la naturaleza cubrió la zona de exclusión de Fukushima Los vehículos abandonados van siendo devorados lentamente por la naturaleza en lo que era una carretera cerca de la planta nuclear El fotógrafo polac
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),