M 5.6 in Türkiye on 04 Aug 2020 09:37 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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.1879 , 38.7129
Event Date: 04 Aug 2020 09:37 UTC
04 Aug 2020 12:37 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
2650000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000b930
Inserted at: 04 Aug 2020 11:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us6000b930 Scaled population (raster) 1.54  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1324839 0.2 04 Aug 2020 09:37 5.5M, 10km 6.56 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 02:03 NEIC
1324907 0.4 04 Aug 2020 09:37 5.6M, 10km 6.7 268 (in MMI>=VII) 02:03 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 ,of Malatya (population 1,908) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
15000 people
53000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1324839 38.208/38.707 5.5 10.0 6.376 04 Aug 2020 09:59 00:22 (new episode)
2 0.2 1324839 38.208/38.707 5.5 10.0 6.558 04 Aug 2020 10:08 00:31 (upd of #1)
3 0.2 1324839 38.208/38.707 5.5 10.0 6.558 04 Aug 2020 11:40 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0.4 1324907 38.188/38.713 5.6 10.0 6.695 04 Aug 2020 17:22 07:45 (new episode)
5 0.4 1324907 38.188/38.713 5.6 10.0 6.695 05 Aug 2020 09:39 1d 00:02 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Malatya Turkey 13000 people
Adiyaman Turkey <1000 people
Malatya Turkey 36000 people
Adiyaman Turkey 15000 people
Elazig Turkey <1000 people
Malatya Turkey 650000 people
Adiyaman Turkey 180000 people
Elazig Turkey 17000 people
Urfa Turkey 13000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Caykoy Malatya Turkey Village - 5 km
Pütürge Malatya Turkey Village - 16 km
Sögüt Malatya Turkey Village - 21 km
Bakimli Malatya Turkey Village - 29 km
Damlacik Adiyaman Turkey Village - 29 km
Gölberan Adiyaman Turkey Village - 30 km
Gemici Elazig Turkey Village - 34 km
Asagiköy Malatya Turkey Village - 36 km
Venkök Adiyaman Turkey Village - 38 km
Eskimalatya Malatya Turkey Village - 39 km
Malatya Malatya Turkey Major city 440000 people 40 km
Yesilyurt Malatya Turkey Village - 40 km
Kahta Adiyaman Turkey Village 72000 people 46 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Borankoy 683 0 44 km
Malatya 919 0 44 km

More information

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