M 4 in Türkiye on 25 Jan 2010 01:10 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: 4.0M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.88 , 26.94
Event Date: 25 Jan 2010 01:10 UTC
25 Jan 2010 03:10 Local
Exposed Population:
4510000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC 152816
Inserted at: 25 Jan 2010 01:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
152816 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
74646 0.5 25 Jan 2010 01:10 4M, 2km N/A 4.5 million (in 100km) 00:15 EMSC
74647 0.5 25 Jan 2010 01:10 4M, 5km N/A 4.5 million (in 100km) 00:19 EMSC
74648 0.5 25 Jan 2010 01:10 4M, 5km N/A 4.5 million (in 100km) 00:22 EMSC
74649 0.5 25 Jan 2010 01:10 4M, 5km N/A 4.5 million (in 100km) 00:38 EMSC
74658 0.5 25 Jan 2010 01:10 4M, 10km N/A 4.5 million (in 100km) 06:06 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 Izmir (population 2,925,147) . The nearest places are Manisa, Izmir, and �andarli.

Radius Population
100 km 4.5 million people
75 km 3.7 million people
50 km 850000 people
20 km 89000 people
10 km 19000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Izmir Turkey 2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
�andarli Izmir Turkey Village - 4 km
Manisa Manisa Turkey Major city 240000 people 52 km
Izmir Izmir Turkey Major city 2.2 million people 54 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
Mytilene MJT 17 Civ. Paved Yes 7900 36 km
Cigli Military Airport 5 Mil. Paved No 10700 43 km
Cigli IGL 5 Mil. Paved Yes 9800 43 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Aliaga TRALI Turkey 8 km
Nemrut Bay TRNEM Turkey 16 km
Foca TRFOC Turkey 18 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Guzelhisar Guzelhisar 1982 18 km

More information

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