M 6 in Türkiye on 16 Oct 2024 07:46 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 1449585
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000190-TUR
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.3086 , 38.8261
Event Date: 16 Oct 2024 07:46 UTC
16 Oct 2024 10:46 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2024 08:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
us6000nyzk Scaled population (raster) 3.58  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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Türkiye - Earthquake (ECHO 22 Oct 2024)Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:48

  • A 5.9 M earthquake (as registered by the Disaster and Management Unit - AFAD) at a depth of 10 km occurred on 16 October at 7.46 UTC (10.46 local time) in Kale district, Malatya province, eastern Türkiye. The epicentre was located approximately 42 km east of Malatya city and 48 km south-west of Elazig city.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 2,000 people were exposed to severe shaking, 40,000 to very strong shaking and 65,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media, almost 200 people have been injured, four others have been rescued from a partially damaged building and two buildings have been seriously damaged. There were no reports of any fatalities.
  • On 6 February 2023, the interested area experienced the effects of two earthquakes of 7.7 and 7.6 M that struck 11 provinces, including Malatya as well as Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa. These two seismic events resulted in more than 56,000 fatalities across the aforementioned provinces and northern Syria. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),