M 4.9 in Türkiye on 29 Nov 2015 00:28 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 1073889
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.8709 , 37.7549
Event Date: 29 Nov 2015 00:28 UTC
29 Nov 2015 02:28 Local
Exposed Population:
1252285 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Nov 2015 00:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 188 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Telescope: When Rahul did a ModiWed, 02 Dec 2015 23:41:00 +0100.

Torrential rainfall in Tamil Nadu, international climate change conference in Paris, debates on the Indian Constitution and the climate of “intolerance” lower tempers and the temperature in Parliament. In terms of television, the incessant
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Students of Color Feel Like Voices in the Wilderness on Many College C ... Wed, 02 Dec 2015 22:46:00 +0100.

Over the past few weeks, a number of college campuses have been buzzing with student discontent. From coast to coast, thousands of young people -- mostly millennials -- have made their voices heard. While the majority of these individuals h
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Japan shows off disaster-response robots at exhibitionWed, 02 Dec 2015 22:43:00 +0100.

TOKYO • Japan displayed a pair of two-legged humanoid robots yesterday that can operate in harsh conditions as the country prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions prepares for the next catastrophe. Simulating work in a tunnel after a qu
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Androids everywhere: From superhero suits to realistic humanoids, Japa ... Wed, 02 Dec 2015 22:30:00 +0100.

Robots descended on Tokyo today as part of the biannual International Robot Exhibition. From superhero suits to robot 'actroids' such as Kokoro (right), the futuristic machines were this year focused on disaster relief, entertainment, assis
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),