Overall Red Earthquake in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 01:17 UTC

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M 7.8 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 01:17 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.8M
Depth:	17.925 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.1736 , 37.032
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 01:17 UTC 06 Feb 2023 04:17 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI X 9.2 million (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jllz
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 01:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS score click here.

	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	4.8		4.8
us6000jllz	Scaled population (raster)	13.09
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	2.74
	Score no CC	1780

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1487094		4	06 Feb 2023 01:17	7.8M, 24.075km	8.3	3.7 million (in MMI>=VII)		00:12	NEIC
1487096		4.8	06 Feb 2023 01:17	7.8M, 17.925km	9.56	8.4 million (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Türkiye ,of Gaziantep (population 1,238,104) . The alertlevel for this event is RED

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	640000 people
	1 million people
	6.7 million people
	12.4 million people
	22.4 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	4	1487094	37/37.201	7.8	24.1	8.298	06 Feb 2023 01:37	00:20	(new episode)
2	4	1487096	37.032/37.174	7.8	17.9	8.29	06 Feb 2023 01:48	00:30	(new episode)
3	3.3	1487096	37.032/37.174	7.8	17.9	8.887	06 Feb 2023 04:00	02:42	(upd of #2)
4	3.7	1487096	37.032/37.174	7.8	17.9	9.02	06 Feb 2023 05:19	04:02	(upd of #3)
5	3.7	1487096	37.032/37.174	7.8	17.9	9.017	07 Feb 2023 01:40	1d 00:22	(upd of #4)
6	4.4	1487096	37.032/37.174	7.8	17.9	9.45	08 Feb 2023 03:40	2d 02:23	(upd of #5)
7	4.8	1487096	37.042/37.166	7.8	17.9	9.343	11 Feb 2023 00:51	4d 23:33	(upd of #6)
8	4.8	1487096	37.042/37.166	7.8	17.9	9.565	12 Feb 2023 00:51	5d 23:33	(upd of #7)
9	4.8	1487096	37.042/37.166	7.8	17.9	9.565	14 Feb 2023 00:51	7d 23:33	(upd of #8)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gaziantep	Türkiye	110000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	310000 people
Adana	Türkiye	1700 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	5300 people
Hatay	Türkiye	740000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	60000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	35000 people
Idlib	Syrian Arab Republic	3300 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	1.8 million people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	440000 people
Adana	Türkiye	880000 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	410000 people
Hatay	Türkiye	760000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	500000 people
Urfa	Türkiye	16000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	600000 people
Idlib	Syrian Arab Republic	400000 people
Elazig	Türkiye	<1000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	210000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	340000 people
Adana	Türkiye	1.5 million people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	3.8 million people
Hatay	Türkiye	98000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	22000 people
Urfa	Türkiye	1.8 million people
Malatya	Türkiye	99000 people
Idlib	Syrian Arab Republic	890000 people
Kayseri	Türkiye	<1000 people
Ar Raqqah	Syrian Arab Republic	120000 people
Sivas	Türkiye	16000 people
Al Ladhiqiyah	Syrian Arab Republic	340000 people
Hamah	Syrian Arab Republic	590000 people
Icel	Türkiye	95000 people
Elazig	Türkiye	490000 people
Diyarbakir	Türkiye	1.2 million people
Al Hasakah	Syrian Arab Republic	<1000 people
Tunceli	Türkiye	1700 people
Erzincan	Türkiye	<1000 people
Mardin	Türkiye	5000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	2600 people
Adana	Türkiye	170000 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	6800 people
Urfa	Türkiye	100000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	<1000 people
Kayseri	Türkiye	1.4 million people
Ar Raqqah	Syrian Arab Republic	690000 people
Sivas	Türkiye	580000 people
Al Ladhiqiyah	Syrian Arab Republic	480000 people
Hamah	Syrian Arab Republic	820000 people
Nigde	Türkiye	670000 people
Icel	Türkiye	1.2 million people
Elazig	Türkiye	73000 people
Diyarbakir	Türkiye	400000 people
Al Hasakah	Syrian Arab Republic	1.2 million people
Konya	Türkiye	490000 people
Tartus	Syrian Arab Republic	630000 people
Hims	Syrian Arab Republic	1.5 million people
Nevsehir	Türkiye	99000 people
Tunceli	Türkiye	71000 people
Erzincan	Türkiye	77000 people
Yozgat	Türkiye	100000 people
Mardin	Türkiye	740000 people
Dayr az Zawr	Syrian Arab Republic	790000 people
Farmagusta	Cyprus	72000 people
Ash Shamal	Lebanon	770000 people
Kirsehir	Türkiye	2900 people
Al Biqa'	Lebanon	210000 people
Bingol	Türkiye	260000 people
Dimashq	Syrian Arab Republic	1.4 million people
Jabal Lubnan	Lebanon	490000 people
Giresun	Türkiye	15000 people
Gumshane	Türkiye	9700 people
Siirt	Türkiye	570000 people
Kyrenia	Cyprus	44000 people
Larnaca	Cyprus	<1000 people
Nicosia	Cyprus	56000 people
Ninawa	Iraq	170000 people
Erzurum	Türkiye	no people
Mus	Türkiye	190000 people
Samsun	Türkiye	110000 people
Bitlis	Türkiye	no people
Dar'a	Syrian Arab Republic	2600 people
Adana	Türkiye	22000 people
Kayseri	Türkiye	no people
Ar Raqqah	Syrian Arab Republic	no people
Sivas	Türkiye	23000 people
Nigde	Türkiye	54000 people
Icel	Türkiye	220000 people
Diyarbakir	Türkiye	1800 people
Al Hasakah	Syrian Arab Republic	74000 people
Konya	Türkiye	1.3 million people
Hims	Syrian Arab Republic	1900 people
Nevsehir	Türkiye	180000 people
Erzincan	Türkiye	120000 people
Yozgat	Türkiye	330000 people
Mardin	Türkiye	370000 people
Dayr az Zawr	Syrian Arab Republic	300000 people
Farmagusta	Cyprus	67000 people
Ash Shamal	Lebanon	39000 people
Kirsehir	Türkiye	200000 people
Al Biqa'	Lebanon	470000 people
Tokat	Türkiye	560000 people
Bingol	Türkiye	4100 people
Ankara	Türkiye	340000 people
Dimashq	Syrian Arab Republic	2.6 million people
Jabal Lubnan	Lebanon	1.8 million people
Giresun	Türkiye	330000 people
Ordu	Türkiye	620000 people
Amasya	Türkiye	330000 people
Corum	Türkiye	420000 people
Gumshane	Türkiye	130000 people
Siirt	Türkiye	300000 people
Kyrenia	Cyprus	20000 people
Larnaca	Cyprus	130000 people
Nicosia	Cyprus	370000 people
Bayrut	Lebanon	740000 people
Ninawa	Iraq	3.4 million people
Antalya	Türkiye	800000 people
Erzurum	Türkiye	590000 people
Mus	Türkiye	200000 people
Samsun	Türkiye	970000 people
Sayda	Lebanon	730000 people
Bitlis	Türkiye	250000 people
An Nabatiyah	Lebanon	360000 people
Limassol	Cyprus	87000 people
Cankiri	Türkiye	11000 people
Dar'a	Syrian Arab Republic	890000 people
Al Anbar	Iraq	170000 people
Trabzon	Türkiye	490000 people
As Suwayda'	Syrian Arab Republic	89000 people
Al Qunaytirah	Syrian Arab Republic	110000 people
Al Mafraq	Jordan	260000 people
Hazafon	Palestinian Territory Occupied	49000 people
Paphos	Cyprus	<1000 people
Dahuk	Iraq	1.5 million people
Sinop	Türkiye	<1000 people
Eskisehir	Türkiye	15000 people
Irbid	Jordan	220000 people
Afyon	Türkiye	7700 people
Van	Türkiye	<1000 people
Agri	Türkiye	310000 people
Az Zarqa	Jordan	23000 people
Kars	Türkiye	110000 people
'Amman	Jordan	12000 people
Arbil	Iraq	120000 people
Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah	Saudi Arabia	no people
Al Qurayyat	Saudi Arabia	12000 people
Salah ad Din	Iraq	400000 people
At Ta'min	Iraq	120000 people
Karbala'	Iraq	no people
Hadarom	Palestinian Territory Occupied	12000 people
Denizli	Türkiye	no people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	37000 people
Mugla	Türkiye	<1000 people
Ma'an	Jordan	no people
Gaza Strip	Palestinian Territory Occupied	<1000 people
Armenia	Armenia	330000 people
T'bilisi	Georgia	240000 people
As Sulaymaniyah	Iraq	4600 people
Abkhazia	Georgia	3000 people
Shamal Sina'	Egypt	12000 people
Bursa	Türkiye	150000 people
Al Jawf	Saudi Arabia	no people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari	Islamic Republic of Iran	62000 people
Nakhichevan	Azerbaijan	13000 people
Kordestan	Islamic Republic of Iran	no people
Dumyat	Egypt	260000 people
Bur Sa'id	Egypt	1800 people
Ash Sharqiyah	Egypt	630000 people
Ad Daqahliyah	Egypt	950000 people
Al Isma'iliyah	Egypt	34000 people
Baku	Azerbaijan	310000 people
Bakhtaran	Islamic Republic of Iran	66000 people
Ilam	Islamic Republic of Iran	no people
Al Jizah	Egypt	no people
Al Muthanna	Iraq	no people
Marsa Matruh	Egypt	no people
Al Fayyum	Egypt	no people
Al Jahrah	Kuwait	no people

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
Kahramanmaras	KCM	523	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	41 km
Minakh		498				0	72 km
Iskenderun		8				0	103 km
Adiyaman	ADF	673	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	141 km
Malatya	MLX	862	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	168 km
Malatya		919				0	170 km
Borankoy		683				0	186 km
Gaziantep	GZT	706	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100	47 km
Nejrab	ALP	389	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9500	112 km
Rasin El Aboud		368				0	120 km
Incirlik AB	UAB	73	Mil.	Paved	Yes	10000	144 km
Jirah		349				0	144 km
Adana	ADA	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	157 km
Abu Ad Duhur		258				0	160 km
Sanliurfa	SFQ	452	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	161 km
Elazig	EZS	903	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5600	255 km
Diyarbakir Northwest		762				0	274 km
Diyarbakir	DIY	687	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11600	291 km
Tabqa		320				0	209 km
Latakia	LTK	48	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	219 km
Kayseri	ASR	1069	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	223 km
Hamah		309				0	230 km
Al Qusayr		539				0	292 km
Sivas	VAS	1592	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12500	293 km
Shayrat		831				0	298 km
Tiyas		550				0	299 km
Kleiat	KYE	7	Mil.	Paved	No	9800	302 km
Palmyra	PMS	403	Civ.	Paved	No	9400	313 km
Mardin	MQM	525				0	320 km
Wujah Al Hajar		198				0	344 km
Kameshli	DEZ	213	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	352 km
Erzincan	ERC	1153	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	356 km
Halat		11				0	363 km
Gecitkale	GEC	44				0	368 km
Kameshli	KAC	452	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	370 km
Batman	BAL	554	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	371 km
Sayqal		701				0	387 km
Ercan	ECN	123				0	389 km
Dumayr		628				0	396 km
Pinarbashi		239				0	399 km
Damascus International	DAM	616	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11800	420 km
Mus West		1219				0	429 km
Marj Ruhayyil		668				0	435 km
Mus	MSR	1463	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11600	443 km
Tuzkoy	NAV	942	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	282 km
Tokat	TJK	558	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5200	352 km
An Nasiriyah		841				0	361 km
Riyaq		920	Mil.	Paved	No	9800	381 km
Kingsfield		84				0	383 km
Beirut International	BEY	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10600	398 km
Konya	KYA	1033	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	405 km
Lakatamia		242				0	405 km
Konya West		1033				0	412 km
Kornos Highway Strip		333				0	412 km
Kophinou Highway		101				0	416 km
Mezze		734				0	416 km
Al Thaurah	SOR	unknown				0	418 km
Merzifon AB	MZH	543	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9500	427 km
Siirt	SXZ	610	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	434 km
Carsamba	SZF	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	455 km
Khalkhalah		704				0	458 km
Samsun	SSX	162				0	460 km
Shab Al Hiri		600				0	470 km
Erzurum	ERZ	1756	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12500	475 km
Sahl Sinjar		300				0	480 km
Trabzon	TZX	35	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8600	487 km
Tall Afar		326				0	490 km
Tatvan		1486				0	490 km
Hins		1768				0	497 km
As Suwayda West		750				0	499 km
H 3 Northwest		771				0	511 km
H 3 Highway Strip		805				0	523 km
Wadi El Murbah Hwy Strip		808				0	524 km
H 4		686				0	525 km
H 3		773				0	532 km
King Hussein	OMF	683				0	539 km
H 3 Southwest		812				0	545 km
H1 New		404				0	546 km
Mosul	OSM	226				0	554 km
Antalya	AYT	51	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	556 km
Prince Hasan		677				0	556 km
Ruwayshid		899				0	562 km
Qayyarah West		251				0	568 km
Bashiqah		526				0	568 km
Qayyarah South		200				0	580 km
Agri	AJI	1659	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	591 km
Shaheed Mwaffaq		520				0	593 km
Al Ghadaf Highway Strip		550				0	619 km
K 2		130				0	625 km
Al Sahra		139				0	650 km
Tikrit South		101				0	668 km
Tikrit East		96				0	672 km
Tal Ashtah New		191				0	678 km
Oktember Highway Strip		931				0	679 km
Poti East		3				0	684 km
		15				0	709 km
El Gora		100	Civ.	Paved	No	7800	727 km
Al Manzilah		2				0	827 km
Shinuyar		1680				0	852 km
		712				0	855 km
Stepanarket		604				0	900 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Dorytol		Türkiye	84 km
Isdemir		Türkiye	90 km
Iskenderun	TRISK	Türkiye	102 km
Botas	TRCEY	Türkiye	103 km
Yumurtalik Bay	TRYUM	Türkiye	120 km
Karatas		Türkiye	159 km
Borj Islam		Syria	202 km
Lattakia	SYLTK	Syria	216 km
Mersin	TRMER	Türkiye	218 km
Banias	SYBAN	Syria	236 km
Baniyas	SYBAN	Syria	241 km
Cape Andreas		Cyprus	273 km
Tartous	SYTTS	Syria	273 km
Tripoli	LBKYE	Lebanon	321 km
Chekka	LBCHK	Lebanon	339 km
Kalecik	CYKAL	Cyprus	343 km
Ras Selaata		Lebanon	344 km
Jounieh		Lebanon	379 km
Kyrenia	CYKYR	Cyprus	389 km
Tasucu	TRTAS	Türkiye	297 km
Ovacik		Türkiye	319 km
Famagusta	CYFMG	Cyprus	358 km
Varosha		Cyprus	363 km
Dhekelia	CYDHK	Cyprus	383 km
Beirut	LBBEY	Lebanon	388 km
Larnaca	CYLCA	Cyprus	395 km
Ordu	TRORD	Türkiye	430 km
Fatsa	TRFAS	Türkiye	431 km
Vassiliko Bay	CYVAS	Cyprus	432 km
Giresun	TRGIR	Türkiye	432 km
Sidon	LBSDN	Lebanon	435 km
Gemikonagi	CYMPB	Cyprus	441 km
Unye	TRUNY	Türkiye	441 km
Moni Anchorage	CYMOI	Cyprus	444 km
Gorele	TRGOR	Türkiye	461 km
Samsun	TRSSX	Türkiye	461 km
Sour	LBSUR	Lebanon	464 km
Goreleishakli		Türkiye	471 km
Trabzon	TRTZX	Türkiye	486 km
Ras El Ish		Egypt	800 km
El Tina		Egypt	803 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kartalkaya	Aksu	1971	38 km
	Tahtakopru	Karasu	1975	47 km
	Surgu	Surgu	1969	121 km
Adiyaman	Cat	Abdulharap	1996	150 km
	Menzelet	Ceyhan	1993	58 km
	Aslantas	Ceyhan	1984	69 km
	Ataturk	Euphrates	1992	119 km
	Sultansuyu	Sultansuyu	1992	156 km
	Sir	Ceyhan	1991	53 km
	Kayacik	Aynifar	1997	61 km
	Birecik	Firat	2000	77 km
	Hancagiz	Nizip	1989	80 km
	Karkamis	Firat	1999	95 km
	Kesiksuyu	Kesiksuyu	1971	97 km
	Seyhan	Seyhan	1956	151 km
	Karakaya	Euphrates	1987	219 km
Keban Baraji	Keban	Euphrates	1974	236 km
	Devegecidi	Furtaksa	1972	278 km
	Kralkizi	Dicle	1997	294 km
	Dicle	Dicle	1997	301 km
	Kozan	Kilgen	1972	113 km
	Catalan	Seyhan	1997	156 km
	Berdan	Berdan	1984	192 km
Assad	Tabqa	Euphrates	1978	199 km
	Kovali	Dundarli	1988	200 km
Lake Qattinah	Qattinah	Orontes	284	281 km
	Mamasin	Uluirmak	1962	290 km
	Ayranci	Kocadere	1958	294 km
	Gelingullu	Konakcay	1993	322 km
	Ozluce	Peri	1997	345 km
	Camligoze	Kelkit	1998	351 km
	Kilickaya	Kelkit	1989	355 km
	Gayt	Gayt	1991	355 km
	Batman	Dicle	1999	384 km
	Tercan	Tuzla	1989	411 km
	Ivriz	Ivriz	1985	256 km
	Godet	Godet	1988	333 km
	Belpinar	Devrek Bogazi Deresi	1984	347 km
	Boztepe	Boztepe	1983	348 km
Almus Baraji	Almus	Yesilirmak	1966	359 km
Hirfanli	Hirfanli	Kizilirmak	1959	386 km
	Apa	Carsamba	1962	399 km
	Kesikkopru	Kizilirmak	1966	401 km
	Hasan Ugurlu	Yesilirmak	1981	419 km
	Yedikir	Tersakan	1985	420 km
	Kapulukaya	Kizilirmak	1989	420 km
	Karaoun	Litani	1965	420 km
	Suat Ugurlu	Yesilirmak	1981	434 km
	Yermasoyia	Yermasoyia	1968	446 km
	Kouris	Kouris	1988	460 km
	Kuzgun	Serceme	1995	485 km
	Mosul	Tigris	1983	520 km
	Tolorskaya	Sisian	1977	828 km

Nuclear plants

Intensity	Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
	ARMENIA	ARMENIA	2	701 km

More information

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