Overall Green Earthquake alert in Türkiye on 14 Jun 2020 14:24 UTC

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M 5.9 in Türkiye on 14 Jun 2020 14:24 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:	5.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.4205 , 40.7099
Event Date:	14 Jun 2020 14:24 UTC 14 Jun 2020 17:24 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VII 1370000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000abnv
Inserted at:	15 Jun 2020 16:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us6000abnv	Scaled population (raster)	1.36
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1315602		0.3	14 Jun 2020 14:24	5.9M, 10km	6.88	191 (in MMI>=VII)		1d 02:23	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 Bingol (population 1,709) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	8700 people
	53000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.3	1315602	39.42/40.71	5.9	10.0	6.895	14 Jun 2020 14:46	00:22	(new episode)
2	0.3	1315602	39.42/40.71	5.9	10.0	6.895	14 Jun 2020 14:56	00:31	(upd of #1)
3	0.3	1315602	39.42/40.702	5.9	10.0	6.886	14 Jun 2020 15:33	01:08	(upd of #2)
4	0.3	1315602	39.42/40.702	5.9	10.0	6.886	14 Jun 2020 16:27	02:02	(upd of #3)
5	0.3	1315602	39.42/40.702	5.9	10.0	6.886	15 Jun 2020 14:28	1d 00:03	(upd of #4)
6	0.3	1315602	39.421/40.697	5.9	10.0	6.883	15 Jun 2020 16:47	1d 02:23	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bingol	Turkey	5900 people
Erzurum	Turkey	<1000 people
Bingol	Turkey	28000 people
Erzurum	Turkey	14000 people
Erzincan	Turkey	3800 people
Tunceli	Turkey	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kasikli	Bingol	Turkey	Village	-	13 km
Çatma	Bingol	Turkey	Village	-	22 km
Magara	Erzurum	Turkey	Village	-	22 km
Pencirikkomu	Erzincan	Turkey	Village	-	28 km
Karliova	Bingol	Turkey	Village	-	30 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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