M 5.7 in Türkiye on 20 Mar 2019 06:34 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 1173884
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4335 , 29.5637
Event Date: 20 Mar 2019 06:34 UTC
20 Mar 2019 09:34 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
2050000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2019 07:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us1000jj23 Scaled population (vector) 1.28  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 107 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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Update 2 - 5.5-Magnitude Quake Strikes Southwestern TurkeyFri, 22 Mar 2019 05:36:00 +0100.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwestern Turkey on Wednesday, authorities said. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said in a statement that the quake struck Denizli province at 9: 34 a.m. (0634 GMT). Its epicenter
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5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes southwestern TurkeyFri, 22 Mar 2019 04:49:00 +0100.

hit Turkey ’s southwest on March 20, authorities said. In a written statement, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the quake hit Denizli province at 9:34 a.m. (0634 GMT). Its epicenter was in the province’s southern
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),