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:	5.7M
Depth:	12.336 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.1236 , 38.0529
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 10:51 UTC 06 Feb 2023 13:51 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jlql
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 11:13 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
us6000jlql	Scaled population (raster)	0
	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
1487324		0	06 Feb 2023 10:51	5.7M, 12.336km	6.36	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:22	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 Malatya (population 762,074) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	31000 people
	210000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Malatya	Türkiye	7100 people
Malatya	Türkiye	190000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	<1000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	440000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	280000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	8600 people
Elazig	Türkiye	<1000 people
Urfa	Türkiye	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dogansehir	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	15 km
Surgu	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	13 km
Polat	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	17 km
Gölpinar	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	19 km
Halkuto	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	20 km
Akçadag	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	26 km
Asagiköy	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	23 km
Erkenek	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	25 km
Yesilyurt	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	27 km
Malatya	Malatya	Türkiye	Major city	440000 people	34 km
Harmanli	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	41 km
Kantarma	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	41 km
Eskimalatya	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	44 km
Adiyaman	Adiyaman	Türkiye	City	190000 people	44 km
Sambayat	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	49 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Malatya		919				0	31 km
Malatya	MLX	862	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	35 km
Borankoy		683				0	47 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Surgu	Surgu	1969	18 km
	Sultansuyu	Sultansuyu	1992	22 km
Adiyaman	Cat	Abdulharap	1996	23 km

More information

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