M 5.6 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 01:26 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: 17.004 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.0538 , 37.086
Event Date: 06 Feb 2023 01:26 UTC
06 Feb 2023 04:26 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000jlnn
Inserted at: 06 Feb 2023 04:50 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
us6000jlnn Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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
1487195 0 06 Feb 2023 01:26 5.6M, 17.004km 5.96 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 03:23 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
10000 people
500000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Gaziantep Türkiye 4000 people
Gaziantep Türkiye 560000 people
Kahraman Maras Türkiye 1100 people
Gaziantep Türkiye 1.3 million people
Kahraman Maras Türkiye 85000 people
Halab Syrian Arab Republic 47000 people
Hatay Türkiye <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Burc Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 11 km
Gökmusa Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 13 km
Cerityeniyapan Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 13 km
Sakcagoz Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 19 km
Erikli Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 26 km
Gaziantep Gaziantep Türkiye Major city 1 million people 27 km
Karnebi Kilis Türkiye Village - 31 km
Köprüagzi Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 35 km
Sazgin Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 36 km
Kilis Kilis Türkiye City 81000 people 37 km
Fevzipasa Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 39 km
Islahiye Gaziantep Türkiye Village 47000 people 39 km
Oguzeli Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 41 km
Turkoglu Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 42 km
Aril Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 43 km
Karaburun Gaziantep Türkiye Village - 48 km

see full list

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
Gaziantep GZT 706 Civ. Paved Yes 9100 37 km

More information

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