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M 6 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 10:26 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:	6.0M
Depth:	20.094 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.0302 , 37.9636
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 10:26 UTC 06 Feb 2023 13:26 Local
Exposed Population:	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jm1y
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 20:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us6000jm1y	Scaled population (raster)	2.16
	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
1487564		0.6	06 Feb 2023 10:26	6M, 20.094km	6.53	236 (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	09:44	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
	<1000 people
	67000 people
	490000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Malatya	Türkiye	17000 people
Malatya	Türkiye	190000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	270000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	7800 people
Malatya	Türkiye	440000 people
Adiyaman	Türkiye	280000 people
Kahraman Maras	Türkiye	130000 people
Gaziantep	Türkiye	25000 people
Elazig	Türkiye	<1000 people
Urfa	Türkiye	36000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Surgu	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	2 km
Dogansehir	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	10 km
Erkenek	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	13 km
Polat	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	17 km
Halkuto	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	22 km
Harmanli	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	28 km
Gölpinar	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	31 km
Besni	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	46000 people	33 km
Akçadag	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	35 km
Adiyaman	Adiyaman	Türkiye	City	190000 people	40 km
Asagiköy	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	32 km
Kantarma	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	38 km
Golbasi	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	40000 people	39 km
Sambayat	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	39 km
Yesilyurt	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	40 km
Nurhak	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	8500 people	45 km
Darica	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	46 km
Malatya	Malatya	Türkiye	Major city	440000 people	47 km
Büyükçerkezi	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	53 km
Cakirhuyuk	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	53 km
Beloren	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	55 km
Eskimalatya	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	57 km
Sögüt	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	57 km
Umutlu	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	57 km
Damlacik	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	58 km
Ambarcik	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	Village	-	62 km
Kuyulu	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	-	63 km
Akbudak	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	65 km
Kahta	Adiyaman	Türkiye	Village	72000 people	65 km
Fethiye	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	68 km
Ardil	Gaziantep	Türkiye	Village	-	69 km
Elbistan	Kahramanmaras	Türkiye	City	80000 people	69 km
Bozburun	Malatya	Türkiye	Village	-	72 km
Yaylak	Sanliurfa	Türkiye	Village	-	80 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	44 km
Malatya	MLX	862	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	46 km
Adiyaman	ADF	673	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	55 km
Borankoy		683				0	60 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Surgu	Surgu	1969	7 km
	Sultansuyu	Sultansuyu	1992	33 km
Adiyaman	Cat	Abdulharap	1996	31 km
	Ataturk	Euphrates	1992	68 km

More information

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