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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.7769 , 37.9199
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 02:03 UTC 06 Feb 2023 05:03 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jlmh
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 04:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000jlmh	Scaled population (raster)	0.3
	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1487172		0	06 Feb 2023 02:03	5.5M, 10km	6.15	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	02:01	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 Adiyaman (population 556,999) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	28000 people
	130000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Adiyaman	Türkiye	42000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	86000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	13000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	270000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	20000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	31000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	4000 people
Urfa	Türkiye	11000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Besni	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	46000 people	5 km
Harmanli	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	15 km
Sambayat	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	16 km
Erkenek	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	17 km
Cakirhuyuk	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	25 km
Golbasi	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	40000 people	23 km
Surgu	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	27 km
Adiyaman	Adiyaman	Türkiye	City	190000 people	32 km
Beloren	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	33 km
Halkuto	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	34 km
Dogansehir	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	36 km
Akbudak	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	37 km
Kuyulu	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	41 km
Ardil	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	42 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
		Surgu	Surgu	1969	29 km

More information

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