M 6.3 in Türkiye on 20 Feb 2023 17:04 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 1360964
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Glide number: EQ-2023-000024-TUR
Depth: 16 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.1094 , 36.0165
Event Date: 20 Feb 2023 17:04 UTC
20 Feb 2023 20:04 Local
Exposed Population: 610 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 20 Feb 2023 20:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.7 (Syria)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Syria= 5.7; Türkiye= 3.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.9 0 1.9
us6000jqcn Scaled population (vector) 5.28 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.77      
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Türkiye, Syria – Earthquakes, update (ECHO 22 Feb 2023)Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:36

  • Following the 6.3 M (6.4 M as registered by AFAD) earthquake occurred on 20 February in Defne District (Hatay Province, southern Türkiye), very close to the border with north-western Syria, the number of casualties is increasing. In Türkiye the death toll stands at six people.
  • After the 7.8 M and 7.5 M earthquakes occurred on 6 February in Kahramanmaras Province, 42,310 people have died, and almost 450,000 have been evacuated in Türkiye, as reported by the latest update of AFAD. UN OCHA registered 5,914 fatalities and about 10,657 injured people across Syria. 
  • The EU has allocated EUR 5.7 million, and EUR 10 million in humanitarian aid to the earthquake response respectively for Türkiye and Syria, these include both newly allocated funds and redirected funds from ongoing humanitarian projects.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management System was activated for Türkiye (), 64 maps have been produced so far to provide analytical satellite information on the disaster.
Türkiye, Syria – Earthquake (ECHO 21 Feb 2023)Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:46

  • An earthquake of 6.3 M (6.4 M as registered by AFAD) at a depth of 16 km occurred in Defne District (Hatay Province, southern Türkiye) very close to the border with north-western Syria on 20 Feb at 17.04 UTC (20.04 local time). The epicentre was located in the Koyunoglu village area, approximately 15 km south-west of Antiochia City (capital of Hatay Province) and 95 km west of Aleppo City (north-western Syria).
  • At least 90 aftershocks with magnitude up to 5.8 M have been recorded in the area. USGS PAGER estimates that up to 406,000 people were exposed to severe shaking, 351,000 to very strong and 470,000 to strong.
  • According to AFAD, in Türkiye six people have died, and almost 300 others have been injured (18 of whom seriously injured). National authorities provided 6,000 tents fot the people affected in the area of the earthquake.
  • In Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports over 470 injured people.
  • Following the 7.8 M and 7.5 M earthquakes occurred on 6 February the number of fatalities stands at more than 46,000 people across Türkiye (41,020) and Syria (5,914).
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),