Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 08 Jan 2013 06:05 UTC

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M 4.6 in Türkiye on 08 Jan 2013 06:05 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 121831
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	14 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.93 , 37.96
Event Date:	08 Jan 2013 06:05 UTC 08 Jan 2013 08:05 Local
Exposed Population:	2420000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	08 Jan 2013 09:54 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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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Quake hits Turkish part of Aegean Sea 12/25/2012 7:31:00 AM.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale took place in the Turkish part of the Aegean Sea on Tuesday, TRT Haber TV channel reported on Tuesday.

Turkey hunts 231 prisoners escaped during earthquake 12/19/2012 11:31:00 AM.

Turkish police is still searching for 231 prisoners who escaped from prison during the earthquake in the Van province, the Zaman newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Moderate Earthquake Hits Mediterranean Coasts 12/16/2012 1:23:00 PM.

Ankara, Dec. 16 (BNA) - A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale, joltd this morning, the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey. A statement by the Seismology Department in Turkey said the quake occurred

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