M 5.9 in Türkiye on 14 Jun 2020 14:24 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 1222219
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.4205 , 40.7099
Event Date: 14 Jun 2020 14:24 UTC
14 Jun 2020 17:24 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
1370000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jun 2020 16:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000abnv Scaled population (raster) 1.34  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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Turkey - Earthquake (ECHO 15 Jun 2020)Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:01

  • An earthquake of 5.9 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in east Turkey on 14 June at 14.24 UTC. The epicentre was approximately 2 km south of Söbeçayir Town (Erzurum Province), and 4 km east of Yedisu Town (Bingöl Province).
  • Two significant aftershocks of 4.5 M have been recorded and more than 200 other were also recorded since yesterday. USGS PAGER estimates that up to 7,000 people were exposed to strong shaking. 
  • According to media reports, one person has died and 19 people have been injured. At least 10 houses and 2 observation towers have been damaged.
  • The authorities provided help for those affected and deployed 1,050 tents, a number of Turkish Red Crescent teams, 26 vehicles and 109 health and rescue personnel. According to Turkish authorities, a comprehensive assessment will be completed in 3 days.
  • On 15-16 June, drier conditions are expected over the affected area.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),