M 4.5 in Türkiye on 05 Oct 2012 10:25 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 120055
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 21 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.35 , 33.8
Event Date: 05 Oct 2012 10:25 UTC
05 Oct 2012 13:25 Local
Exposed Population:
1610000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Oct 2012 10:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 115 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

China Landslide Kills 18 StudentsFri, 05 Oct 2012 12:27:00 +0200.

A landslide in quake-hit Yunnan province of southwest China Thursday left 18 primary school students dead, news agencies reported citing Chinese officials. The landslide hit the Tiantou Primary School and three nearby houses around 8:10 am
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PC-Aufbauspiel: Neues Add-on für "Anno 2070" ist was für ProfisFri, 05 Oct 2012 12:17:00 +0200.

Eine neue Fraktion, frische Gebäude und Produktionsketten: Die "Anno"-Macher bringen mit "Die Tiefsee" mehr Komplexität in die Serie. Das ist ein Fest für Aufbau-Tüftler – überfordert aber Einsteiger.
La superación ante tsunami, en 'Lo imposible'Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:42:00 +0200.

El último trabajo de Juan José Bayona, que llega a los cines el 11 de octubre, muestra la capacidad del ser humano para salir adelante tras una catástrofe
La angustia del tsunami en 'Lo imposible'Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:09:00 +0200.

El último trabajo de Juan José Bayona, que llega a los cines españoles el 11 de octubre, muestra el sufrimiento detrás de la fortuna de sobrevivir.

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),