Overall Orange Earthquake in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 12:02 UTC

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M 6 in Türkiye on 06 Feb 2023 12:02 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1357591
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.0M
Glide number:	EQ-2023-000015-TUR
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.0605 , 36.537
Event Date:	06 Feb 2023 12:02 UTC 06 Feb 2023 15:02 Local
Exposed Population:	50 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	06 Feb 2023 12:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.3		1.3
us6000jlrc	Scaled population (raster)	3.86
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.77

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M6 in Türkiye - JRC emergency reportMon, 06 Feb 2023 04:35

A new JRC Emergency report is now available

M6 in Türkiye - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationMon, 06 Feb 2023 09:46

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

M6 in Türkiye - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 07 Feb 2023 22:06

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated

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