M 5.6 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 01:36 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.0175 , 36.7443
Event Date: 06 Feb 2023 01:36 UTC
06 Feb 2023 04:36 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000jlm9
Inserted at: 06 Feb 2023 02:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.7 (Syria)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Syria= 5.7; Türkiye= 3.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us6000jlm9 Scaled population (raster) 1.91  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1487104 0.5 06 Feb 2023 01:36 5.6M, 10km 6.46 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:25 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 GREEN

Intensity Population
120000 people
98000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Gaziantep Türkiye 38000 people
Gaziantep Türkiye 40000 people
Adana Türkiye <1000 people
Halab Syrian Arab Republic 1800 people
Hatay Türkiye 1300 people
Gaziantep Türkiye 65000 people
Adana Türkiye 200000 people
Halab Syrian Arab Republic 19000 people
Hatay Türkiye 36000 people
Kahraman Maras Türkiye 51000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Islahiye Gaziantep Türkiye Village 47000 people 9 km
Fevzipasa Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 12 km
Midan Ikbis Halab Syria Village - 22 km
Hasanbeyli Osmaniye Türkiye Village 6300 people 23 km
Bahce Osmaniye Türkiye Village 25000 people 24 km
Sakcagoz Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 24 km
Cebelibereket Osmaniye Türkiye Village - 28 km
Gökmusa Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 29 km
Hassa Hatay Türkiye Village 9600 people 31 km
Karnebi Kilis Türkiye Village - 31 km
Cerityeniyapan Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 36 km
Burc Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 41 km
Turkoglu Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 42 km
Osmaniye Osmaniye Türkiye City 200000 people 43 km
Köprüagzi Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 45 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Tahtakopru Karasu 1975 18 km

More information

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