M 7.5 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 10:24 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 7.5M
Glide number: EQ-2023-000015-TUR
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.0235 , 37.203
Event Date: 06 Feb 2023 10:24 UTC
06 Feb 2023 13:24 Local
Exposed Population: 1.7 million (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000jlqa
Inserted at: 06 Feb 2023 10:46 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
us6000jlqa Scaled population (raster) 4.72  
  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
1487318 1.7 06 Feb 2023 10:24 7.5M, 10km 7.72 340 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:21 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 Kahraman Maras (population 969,291) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
46000 people
290000 people
3.6 million people
14.8 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kahraman Maras Türkiye 260000 people
Kahraman Maras Türkiye 660000 people
Adiyaman Türkiye 53000 people
Malatya Türkiye 23000 people
Sivas Türkiye no people
Gaziantep Türkiye <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Cela Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 4 km
Umutlu Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 19 km
Elbistan Kahramanmaras Türkiye City 80000 people 20 km
Nurhak Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village 8500 people 23 km
Ambarcik Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 26 km
Baydemirli Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 28 km
Cardak Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 33 km
Afsin Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village 59000 people 34 km
Alemdar Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 39 km
Kantarma Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 40 km
Köyceviran Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 43 km
Sadak Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 46 km
Büyüknacar Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 46 km
Aritas Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 48 km
Golbasi Adiyaman Türkiye Village 40000 people 48 km
Harmanli Adiyaman Türkiye Village - 53 km
Kahramanmaras Kahramanmaras Türkiye Major city 340000 people 54 km
Beloren Adiyaman Türkiye Village - 55 km
Pazarcik Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village 33000 people 61 km
Polat Malatya Türkiye Village - 61 km
Dogansehir Malatya Türkiye Village - 61 km
Köprüagzi Kahramanmaras Türkiye Village - 75 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 58 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Menzelet Ceyhan 1993 49 km
Kartalkaya Aksu 1971 62 km

More information

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