M 3 in Türkiye on 21 Feb 2010 23:50 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: 3.0M
Depth: 7 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.42 , 28.11
Event Date: 21 Feb 2010 23:50 UTC
22 Feb 2010 01:50 Local
Exposed Population:
1960000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC 155593
Inserted at: 22 Feb 2010 00:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
155593 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
78079 0.5 21 Feb 2010 23:50 3M, 7km N/A 2 million (in 100km) 00:34 EMSC
78080 0.5 21 Feb 2010 23:50 3M, 7km N/A 2 million (in 100km) 00:39 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 Balikesir (population 1,056,523) . The nearest places are Balikesir, and Bigadiç.

Radius Population
100 km 2 million people
75 km 1.1 million people
50 km 650000 people
20 km 65000 people
10 km 23000 people
5 km 15000 people
2 km 3700 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Balikesir Turkey 1.1 million people
Manisa Turkey 1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bigadiç Balikesir Turkey City - 3 km
Balikesir Balikesir Turkey Major city 230000 people 34 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
Balikesir BZI 101 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 29 km
Akhisar Tsa 130 52 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Caygoren Simav 1971 17 km

More information

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