M 4.5 in Türkiye on 22 Feb 2011 09:08 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.9266 , 42.1394
Event Date: 22 Feb 2011 09:08 UTC
22 Feb 2011 11:08 Local
Exposed Population:
1330000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb0001imj
Inserted at: 22 Feb 2011 09:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb0001imj 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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
104211 0.5 22 Feb 2011 09:11 4.6M, 10km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
104212 0.5 22 Feb 2011 09:08 4.5M, 10km N/A 1.3 million (in 100km) 00:28 NEIC
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 Mus (population 408,734) . The nearest places are Erzurum, and G�lyani.

Radius Population
100 km 1.5 million people
75 km 930000 people
50 km 390000 people
20 km 77000 people
10 km 14000 people
5 km 2500 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Mus Turkey 410000 people
Bitlis Turkey 360000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
G�lyani Mus Turkey Village - 5 km
Erzurum Erzurum Turkey Major city 420000 people 135 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
Tatvan 1486 51 km
Mus MSR 1463 Civ. Paved Yes 11600 65 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Kockopru Zilan 1992 87 km

More information

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