M 4.7 in Türkiye on 03 Apr 2020 05:44 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 1212644
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.8311 , 43.4921
Event Date: 03 Apr 2020 05:44 UTC
03 Apr 2020 08:44 Local
Exposed Population:
1620000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2020 05:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6; Türkiye= 3.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us70008mc2 Scaled population (vector) 6.36  
  C1 earthquake 1.29  
  C2 earthquake 0.26  
  Country Vulnerability 0.55  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 28 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

4.7-magnitude earthquake shakes eastern Turkey's VanSat, 04 Apr 2020 04:28:00 +0200.

An earthquake of a magnitude of 4.7 hit eastern Turkey on Friday. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the quake took place in Van province's Tuşba district. Three smaller aftershocks were also recorded. Two minu
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Residents across Lebanon felt a tremor Friday evening resulting from a ... Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:23:00 +0200.

– Al-Manar TV Lebanon Residents across Lebanon felt a tremor Friday evening resulting from a 4.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the Mediterranean Sea on the border between Turkey and Syria: NNA.
Magnitude-4.7 earthquake strikes eastern TurkeyFri, 03 Apr 2020 11:29:00 +0200.

Quake strikes Van province at 8.44 a.m. local time (0544GMT), says Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Authority. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 struck eastern Turkey on Friday. The quake occurred in Van province at 8.44 a.m. local time
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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes eastern TurkeyFri, 03 Apr 2020 11:12:00 +0200.

ANKARA - Anadolu Agency DHA Photo. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 struck eastern on April 3. The quake occurred in Van province at 8.44 a.m. local time (0544GMT), according to Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (A
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),