M 5.4 in Türkiye on 07 Feb 2023 10:18 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: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.0026 , 38.5474
Event Date: 07 Feb 2023 10:18 UTC
07 Feb 2023 13:18 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000jm7f
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2023 10:36 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
us6000jm7f 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1487828 0 07 Feb 2023 10:18 5.4M, 10km 6.25 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:17 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
15000 people
99000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Adiyaman Türkiye 3500 people
Adiyaman Türkiye 35000 people
Malatya Türkiye <1000 people
Adiyaman Türkiye 350000 people
Malatya Türkiye 17000 people
Urfa Türkiye <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Damlacik Adiyaman Türkiye Village - 9 km
Gölberan Adiyaman Türkiye Village - 24 km
Büyükçerkezi Adiyaman Türkiye Village - 24 km
Asagiköy Malatya Türkiye Village - 25 km
Kahta Adiyaman Türkiye Village 72000 people 26 km
Caykoy Malatya Türkiye Village - 29 km
Halkuto Adiyaman Türkiye Village - 30 km
Sögüt Malatya Türkiye Village - 33 km
Adiyaman Adiyaman Türkiye City 190000 people 35 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
Adiyaman ADF 673 Civ. Paved Yes 8300 31 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Adiyaman Cat Abdulharap 1996 22 km

More information

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