Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 26 Oct 2011 19:17 UTC

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M 4.1 in Türkiye on 26 Oct 2011 19:17 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:	4.1M
Depth:	12 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.73 , 43.36
Event Date:	26 Oct 2011 19:17 UTC 26 Oct 2011 22:17 Local
Exposed Population:	1390000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	26 Oct 2011 19:29 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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
112625		0.5	26 Oct 2011 19:17	4.1M, 12km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)		00:11	EMSC

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 Van (population 691,928) . The nearest places are Adigüzel, Adir, Küçükamik, Agcaveran, Agarti, Gölyazi, Astvatsadsin, Almasad, Karakesis, Iskele, and Sultanmut.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.3 million people
75 km	900000 people
50 km	660000 people
20 km	48000 people
10 km	21000 people
5 km	7200 people
2 km	1400 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Van	Turkey	690000 people
Bitlis	Turkey	360000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Adigüzel	Van	Turkey	Village	-	8 km
Adir	Van	Turkey	Village	-	9 km
Küçükamik	Van	Turkey	Village	-	11 km
Agcaveran	Van	Turkey	Village	-	12 km
Agarti	Van	Turkey	Village	-	15 km
Gölyazi	Van	Turkey	Village	-	19 km
Astvatsadsin	Van	Turkey	Village	-	20 km
Almasad	Van	Turkey	Village	-	20 km
Karakesis	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	-	23 km
Iskele	Van	Turkey	Village	-	24 km
Akbulak	Van	Turkey	Village	-	26 km
Sihke	Van	Turkey	Village	-	26 km
Erçek	Van	Turkey	Village	-	27 km
Van	Van	Turkey	City	370000 people	27 km
Aksaraf	Van	Turkey	Village	-	30 km
Ercis	Van	Turkey	Village	87000 people	33 km
Açikyol	Van	Turkey	Village	-	36 km
Ekece	Van	Turkey	Village	-	37 km
Ulusar	Van	Turkey	Village	-	37 km
Bakirtas	Van	Turkey	Village	-	39 km
Agcaçay	Van	Turkey	Village	-	40 km
Kiyicak	Van	Turkey	Village	-	40 km
Ayazpinar	Van	Turkey	Village	-	41 km
Akkilise	Van	Turkey	Village	-	41 km
Asagikesis	Van	Turkey	Village	-	42 km
Arikan	Van	Turkey	Village	-	42 km
Hasamiyan	Van	Turkey	Village	-	42 km
Kocapinar	Van	Turkey	Village	-	43 km
Asagisuphan	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	-	44 km
Asagiçökek	Van	Turkey	Village	-	45 km
Muradiye	Van	Turkey	Village	-	46 km
Gürpinar	Van	Turkey	Village	-	47 km
Gündüzlü	Van	Turkey	Village	-	48 km
Karaagaç	Van	Turkey	Village	-	48 km
Armutlu	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	-	49 km
Asagiakçagedik	Van	Turkey	Village	-	51 km
Hasanabdal	Van	Turkey	Village	-	52 km
Gültepe	Van	Turkey	Village	-	52 km
Cevizalan	Van	Turkey	Village	-	53 km
Güllüçimen	Van	Turkey	Village	-	53 km
Babacan	Van	Turkey	Village	-	53 km
Altinboga	Van	Turkey	Village	-	54 km
Gevas	Van	Turkey	Village	-	54 km
Adilcevaz	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	52000 people	54 km
Aksarguç	Van	Turkey	Village	-	54 km
Akgöl	Van	Turkey	Village	-	55 km
Akbulut	Van	Turkey	Village	-	56 km
Altinsaç	Van	Turkey	Village	-	56 km
Bölmeçali	Van	Turkey	Village	-	57 km
Asagiçanak	Van	Turkey	Village	-	58 km
Akdilek	Agri	Turkey	Village	-	59 km
Agirkaya	Van	Turkey	Village	-	59 km
Andaçli	Agri	Turkey	Village	-	59 km
Agin	Van	Turkey	Village	-	60 km
Güvercinli	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	-	61 km
Sorköy	Van	Turkey	Village	-	61 km
Güzelsu	Van	Turkey	Village	-	62 km
Dereagzi	Van	Turkey	Village	-	63 km
Çardak	Van	Turkey	Village	-	63 km
Tujipazar	Van	Turkey	Village	-	63 km
Kanahasan	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	-	64 km
Asagi Gölegeni	Van	Turkey	Village	-	64 km
Agaçlik	Van	Turkey	Village	-	65 km
Ipekçayir	Bitlis	Turkey	Village	-	66 km
Bayazitaga	Van	Turkey	Village	-	66 km
Alikelle	Van	Turkey	Village	-	67 km
GurpInar	Van	Turkey	Village	-	67 km
Bozoglak	Agri	Turkey	Village	-	68 km
Besi	Van	Turkey	Village	-	69 km
Çigir	Van	Turkey	Village	-	69 km
Didanis	Van	Turkey	Village	-	69 km
Sultanmut	Agri	Turkey	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Van	VAN	1668	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	30 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sarimehmet	Karasu	1991	33 km
Kockopru	Zilan	1992	44 km
Zernek	Engil	1988	49 km

More information

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