Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 21 Jul 2017 01:35 UTC

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M 4.4 in Türkiye on 21 Jul 2017 01:35 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.4M
Depth:	8.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.9412 , 27.6002
Event Date:	21 Jul 2017 01:35 UTC 21 Jul 2017 04:35 Local
Exposed Population:	1180000 people within 100km
Source:	NOAIG 2017odjh
Inserted at:	21 Jul 2017 08:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0		0
2017odjh	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1174598	21 Jul 2017 01:35	4.5M, 10km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)	00:02	NOAIG
1174600	21 Jul 2017 01:35	4.5M, 2km	N/A	1.5 million (in 100km)	00:04	EMSC
1174756	21 Jul 2017 01:35	4.4M, 8.4km	N/A	1.2 million (in 100km)	07:09	NOAIG

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Turkey , Province of Mugla (population 610,924) . The nearest places are Bozalan, Mazi, Oren, Karacahisar, Kultak, Mumcular, Çukurgöl Yaylasi, Sazköy, Çiftlikköy, Alayar, and Aydin.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.6 million people
75 km	820000 people
50 km	450000 people
20 km	33000 people
10 km	4400 people
5 km	1900 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mugla	Turkey	610000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bozalan	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	5 km
Mazi	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	7 km
Oren	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	14 km
Karacahisar	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	15 km
Kultak	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	17 km
Mumcular	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	19 km
Çukurgöl Yaylasi	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	19 km
Sazköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	20 km
Çiftlikköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	24 km
Alayar	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	25 km
Emecik	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	25 km
Irmene	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	26 km
Kozagaç	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	26 km
Kayadere	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	28 km
Koruköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	30 km
Datça	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	30 km
Kiransahili	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	31 km
Güllük	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	32 km
Yeniköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	34 km
Bencik	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	34 km
Bodrum	Mugla	Turkey	City	39000 people	35 km
Incirli	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	35 km
Milâs	Mugla	Turkey	City	43000 people	36 km
Çiftlik	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	37 km
Hisarönü	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	38 km
Asardami	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	39 km
Orhaniye	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	39 km
Beldibi	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	39 km
Çamliköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	40 km
Döseme	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	40 km
Gölköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	41 km
Müsgebi	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	42 km
Ortakent	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	42 km
Sími	Mugla	Greece	City	-	43 km
Bahçeburun	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	43 km
Marmaris	Mugla	Turkey	City	33000 people	43 km
Mesudiye	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	43 km
Turgut	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	44 km
Yerkesik	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	45 km
Kizilagaç	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	45 km
Sögüt	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	45 km
Ortaköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	45 km
Osmaniye	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	46 km
Selimiye	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	46 km
Turunç	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	46 km
Haciahmetler	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	47 km
Yenice	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	47 km
Yaziköy	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	47 km
Akyarlar	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	48 km
Yalikavak	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	48 km
Bozarmut	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	48 km
Bozburun	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	48 km
Yatagan	Mugla	Turkey	City	-	49 km
Iskele	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	49 km
Kos		Greece	City	19000 people	49 km
Karakaya	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	50 km
Karatoprak	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	50 km
Akçaova	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	50 km
Akkovanlik	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	50 km
Hacibayramlar	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	51 km
Giris	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	52 km
Ula	Mugla	Turkey	Village	5300 people	53 km
Çamiçi	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	54 km
Mugla	Mugla	Turkey	City	47000 people	55 km
Akbük	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	55 km
Sakarkaya	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	56 km
Siparion		Greece	Village	-	56 km
Akçali	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	56 km
Böürtlenharumu	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	58 km
Tekeler	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	58 km
Avlacia		Greece	Village	-	60 km
Bölüntü	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	60 km
Karpuzlu	Aydin	Turkey	Village	2200 people	61 km
Büyükkaraagaç	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	61 km
Çakirlar	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Karabortlen	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Dereli	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Karapuzlu	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Eskiçine	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	64 km
Ulukonak	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	65 km
Kardhámaina		Greece	Village	-	65 km
Yenihisar	Aydin	Turkey	City	-	66 km
Möndüme	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	67 km
Kiyra	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	67 km
Çavdar	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	68 km
Andimákhia	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	68 km
Kavaklidere	Mugla	Turkey	Village	-	69 km
Topçam	Aydin	Turkey	Village	-	69 km
Aydin	Aydin	Turkey	Major city	150000 people	95 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Bodrum Imsik	BXN	unknown				0	21 km
Milas Bodrum	BJV	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	31 km
Kos	KGS	125	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	69 km
Diagoras	RHO	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10600	70 km
Maritsa		62	Civ.	Paved	No	7800	73 km
Cildir		32	Civ.	Paved	No	4700	91 km
Dalaman	DLM	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	92 km
Leros	LRS	11	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bodrum	TRBXN	Turkey	34 km
Gulluk	TRGUL	Turkey	35 km
Simi Island		Greece	43 km
Marmaris	TRMRM	Turkey	44 km
Gokova Iskelesi	TRGKV	Turkey	46 km
Kos	GRKGS	Greece	48 km
Aksaz		Turkey	54 km
Nisiros Island		Greece	70 km
Yali Island	GRYLI	Greece	72 km
Dodecanese Island		Greece	72 km
Megalo Khorio		Greece	72 km
Rhodes	GRRHO	Greece	73 km
Kalimnos Island	GRKMI	Greece	73 km
Alimnia Island		Greece	83 km
Khalki Island		Greece	87 km
Lakkion		Greece	87 km
Lipsoi Island		Greece	97 km
Lipsoi		Greece	99 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kemer	Akcay	1954	90 km

More information

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