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M 6.7 in Türkiye from 06 Feb 2023 01:28 UTC to 01:28

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:	12.23 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.134 , 37.1852
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 01:28 UTC 06 Feb 2023 04:28 Local
Exposed Population:	1.3 million (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jlm1
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 02:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.7		1.7
us6000jlm1	Scaled population (raster)	4.88
	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 Gaziantep (population 1,238,104) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	1.3 million people
	640000 people
	4.4 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gaziantep	Türkiye	1.4 million people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	3500 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	510000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	220000 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	35000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	280000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	480000 people
Adana	Türkiye	470000 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	2.5 million people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	35000 people
Hatay	Türkiye	170000 people
Urfa	Türkiye	260000 people
Idlib	Syrian Arab Republic	<1000 people
Ar Raqqah	Syrian Arab Republic	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cerityeniyapan	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	9 km
Burc	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	13 km
Erikli	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	13 km
Gaziantep	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Major city	1 million people	20 km
Sakcagoz	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	23 km
Gökmusa	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	24 km
Köprüagzi	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	29 km
Sazgin	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	33 km
Aril	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	34 km
Oguzeli	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	36 km
Turkoglu	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	40 km
Pazarcik	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	33000 people	41 km
Karnebi	Kilis	Türkiye	Village	-	43 km
Karaburun	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	46 km
Kilis	Kilis	Türkiye	City	81000 people	46 km
Islahiye	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	47000 people	50 km
Elbeyli	Kilis	Türkiye	Village	2200 people	57 km
Salkim	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	46 km
Fevzipasa	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	48 km
Bahce	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	25000 people	53 km
Kayabasi	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	54 km
Büyüknacar	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	54 km
Ardil	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	54 km
Kahramanmaras	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Major city	340000 people	55 km
Midan Ikbis	Halab	Syria	Village	-	55 km
Nizip	Gaziantep	Türkiye	City	81000 people	56 km
Hasanbeyli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	6300 people	56 km
Akcakoyunlu	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	61 km
A'zaz	Halab	Syria	Village	-	62 km
Haruniye	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	64 km
Wuguf	Halab	Syria	Village	-	64 km
Qatma	Halab	Syria	Village	-	65 km
Beloren	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	66 km
Hassa	Hatay	Türkiye	Village	9600 people	69 km
Zawghar	Halab	Syria	Village	-	70 km
Sanndi	Halab	Syria	Village	-	70 km
Mare'	Halab	Syria	Village	-	72 km
Birecik	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	44000 people	74 km
Afrin	Halab	Syria	Village	-	74 km
Akbudak	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	76 km
Cakirhuyuk	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	77 km
Carablus	Halab	Syria	Village	-	82 km
Osmaniye	Osmaniye	Türkiye	City	200000 people	82 km
Shuyukh al Fawqani	Halab	Syria	Village	-	87 km
Kocaali	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	-	90 km
Arapli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	90 km
Al Bab	Halab	Syria	Village	-	90 km
Dortyol	Hatay	Türkiye	City	60000 people	91 km
Kanliavsar	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	-	93 km
Aoukhâne	Halab	Syria	Village	-	94 km
Deïr Qâq	Halab	Syria	Village	-	95 km
Harithan	Halab	Syria	Village	-	95 km
Manbij	Halab	Syria	Village	69000 people	96 km
Toprakkale	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	8500 people	98 km
Hamam	Hatay	Türkiye	Village	-	100 km
Tecirli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	101 km
Halab	Halab	Syria	Major city	1.6 million people	102 km
Oum Kharazé	Halab	Syria	Village	-	103 km
Jibrin	Halab	Syria	Village	-	106 km
Yaylak	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	-	107 km
'ayn Al'arab	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	-	108 km
Suruc	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	59000 people	113 km
Cukurkopru	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	114 km
Hmaïmé el Kébîré	Halab	Syria	Village	-	115 km
Siçanli	Hatay	Türkiye	Village	-	118 km
Dayr Hafir	Halab	Syria	Village	-	118 km
Aysehoca	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	119 km
Çerkezkaramezar	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	121 km
Ceyhan	Adana	Türkiye	City	96000 people	122 km
Mercimek	Adana	Türkiye	Village	-	123 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
Gaziantep	GZT	706	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100	33 km
Kahramanmaras	KCM	523	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	49 km
Minakh		498				0	69 km
Nejrab	ALP	389	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9500	106 km
Rasin El Aboud		368				0	111 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Dorytol		Türkiye	95 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Kartalkaya	Aksu	1971	38 km
Kayacik	Aynifar	1997	48 km
Tahtakopru	Karasu	1975	54 km
Birecik	Firat	2000	63 km
Hancagiz	Nizip	1989	65 km
Menzelet	Ceyhan	1993	67 km
Karkamis	Firat	1999	81 km

More information

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