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M 6.7 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 01:28 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.7M
Glide number:	EQ-2023-000015-TUR
Depth:	9.875 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.4135 , 36.8306
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 01:28 UTC 06 Feb 2023 04:28 Local
Exposed Population:	330 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jlm1
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 01:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.5		1.5
us6000jlm1	Scaled population (raster)	4.34
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.77

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1487098	1.5	06 Feb 2023 01:28	6.7M, 9.875km	7.54	180 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:18	NEIC
1487126	1.7	06 Feb 2023 01:28	6.7M, 12.23km	7.4	1.3 million (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	01:00	NEIC
1487207	1.2	06 Feb 2023 01:28	6.7M, 14.497km	7.09	60 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	03:57	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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Türkiye ,of Kahraman Maras (population 969,291) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	8700 people
	170000 people
	640000 people
	2.8 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	180000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	4700 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	480000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	40000 people
Adana	Türkiye	7400 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	170000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	1.8 million people
Adana	Türkiye	630000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	6500 people
Hatay	Türkiye	70000 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	51000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Turkoglu	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	4 km
Köprüagzi	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	17 km
Kahramanmaras	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Major city	340000 people	21 km
Sakcagoz	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	28 km
Cerityeniyapan	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	36 km
Bahce	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	25000 people	33 km
Haruniye	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	36 km
Hasanbeyli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	6300 people	38 km
Fevzipasa	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	39 km
Sadak	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	39 km
Pazarcik	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	33000 people	43 km
Andirin	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	45 km
Islahiye	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	47000 people	46 km
Baydemirli	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	47 km
Büyüknacar	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	47 km
Erikli	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	48 km
Cebelibereket	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	54 km
Burc	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	55 km
Cokak	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	56 km
Gökmusa	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	57 km
Meydan	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	59 km
Kazmaca	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	61 km
Gaziantep	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Major city	1 million people	63 km
Osmaniye	Osmaniye	Türkiye	City	200000 people	63 km
Kadirli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	City	70000 people	64 km
Arapli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	65 km
Midan Ikbis	Halab	Syria	Village	-	66 km
Karnebi	Kilis	Türkiye	Village	-	70 km
Ardil	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	71 km
Beloren	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	72 km
Aril	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	72 km
Tecirli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	73 km
Goksun	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	35000 people	73 km
Yesilkent	Hatay	Türkiye	Village	-	75 km
Toprakkale	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	8500 people	76 km
Sazgin	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	77 km
Oguzeli	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	80 km
Cukurkopru	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	80 km
Aysehoca	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	88 km
Karaburun	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	90 km
Çerkezkaramezar	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	93 km
Mercimek	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	97 km
Ceyhan	Adana	Türkiye	City	96000 people	99 km
Mare'	Halab	Syria	Village	-	109 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
	Kahramanmaras	KCM	523	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	18 km
	Gaziantep	GZT	706	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100	77 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Dorytol		Türkiye	86 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sir	Ceyhan	1991	23 km
Menzelet	Ceyhan	1993	29 km
Kartalkaya	Aksu	1971	37 km
Aslantas	Ceyhan	1984	52 km
Tahtakopru	Karasu	1975	63 km

More information

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