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:	14.497 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.1272 , 36.9426
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 01:28 UTC 06 Feb 2023 04:28 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jlm1
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 05:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		1.2
us6000jlm1	Scaled population (raster)	3.63
	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
	63000 people
	1.4 million people
	3.1 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gaziantep	Türkiye	13000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	1200 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	1.3 million people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	130000 people
Adana	Türkiye	no people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	no people
Hatay	Türkiye	<1000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	600000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	270000 people
Adana	Türkiye	220000 people
Halab	Syrian Arab Republic	160000 people
Hatay	Türkiye	19000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sakcagoz	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	5 km
Cerityeniyapan	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	15 km
Gökmusa	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	23 km
Burc	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	26 km
Fevzipasa	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	26 km
Köprüagzi	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	27 km
Islahiye	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	47000 people	29 km
Turkoglu	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	30 km
Erikli	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	33 km
Karnebi	Kilis	Türkiye	Village	-	37 km
Gaziantep	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Major city	1 million people	40 km
Bahce	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	25000 people	32 km
Hasanbeyli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	6300 people	35 km
Midan Ikbis	Halab	Syria	Village	-	40 km
Kilis	Kilis	Türkiye	City	81000 people	48 km
Sazgin	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	51 km
Oguzeli	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	55 km
Aril	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	55 km
A'zaz	Halab	Syria	Village	-	61 km
Karaburun	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	63 km
Elbeyli	Kilis	Türkiye	Village	2200 people	69 km
Mare'	Halab	Syria	Village	-	75 km
Toprakkale	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	8500 people	76 km
Tecirli	Osmaniye	Türkiye	Village	-	79 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	46 km
	Gaziantep	GZT	706	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100	52 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Tahtakopru	Karasu	1975	38 km
		Kartalkaya	Aksu	1971	46 km

More information

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