M 4.5 in Türkiye on 24 Nov 2012 16:04 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 121039
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.88 , 43.77
Event Date: 24 Nov 2012 16:04 UTC
24 Nov 2012 18:04 Local
Exposed Population:
1450000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Nov 2012 17:07 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 276 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Strong earthquake shakes eastern IndonesiaWed, 28 Nov 2012 15:36:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake struck the eastern part of Indonesia on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage. The magnitude-5.5 quake was centreed 56 kilometres under the sea, the US agency reporte
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Ex-renseignement militaire israélien :"le tsunami arabe, une menace sé ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:18:00 +0100.

L’ex-chef des services de renseignement militaire israélien, le général Zeevi : les conclusions que le Hamas a tiré des leçons de la guerre précédente sont le résultat d’un échange d’idées avec l’Iran, la Syrie et le Hezbollah..
Japan suspends dubious reconstruction projectsWed, 28 Nov 2012 15:12:00 +0100.

TOKYO -- Japan's government has suspended 35 projects included in a budget for reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after criticism the spending was not directly related to recovery from the disasters. As much as a four
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Undersea earthquake shakes eastern IndonesiaWed, 28 Nov 2012 15:12:00 +0100.

JAKARTA The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude has hit the eastern part of Indonesia. There are no immediate reports of damage. Indonesian seismologist Fauzi says there ...

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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),