M 5.1 in Türkiye on 27 Jan 2024 05:19 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1412287
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 12.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.9762 , 27.1352
Event Date: 27 Jan 2024 05:19 UTC
27 Jan 2024 08:19 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 27 Jan 2024 05:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000luac Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

One year after the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye 1/31/2024 1:40:00 AM.

"What I saw shocked me" Cologne. A year after the devastating earthquake in the border region between Syria and Türkiye, more than three million people remain displaced, living in makeshift shelters or tents. In northwestern Syria, the abse
...(more)
KADEM extends support to women in Turkish earthquake-hit zone 1/30/2024 2:27:00 PM.

In the aftermath of the earthquakes that shook Kahramanmaras on Feb. 6, Türkiye's Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM) has been at the forefront of relief efforts, intensifying its work in the region. Over the past year, KADEM has reached
...(more)
Tiro con l’arco, Michea Godano convocato per gli Europei Indoor 1/30/2024 9:44:00 AM.

Dal 20 al 25 febbraio a Varazdin in Croazia, andranno in scena i Campionati Europei Indoor di tiro con l'arco , prima trasferta internazionale del 2024 per la Nazionale Italiana. La competizione torna dopo che l'appuntamento dell'anno scors
...(more)
UNICEF Türkiye Humanitarian Situation Report (End Year) February to De.. 1/29/2024 5:29:00 PM.

Highlights By the end of December 2023, UNICEF together with government and civil society partners, has reached 1,556,846 children and caregivers with mental health and psychosocial support, and over just 3.6 million women, boys and girls,
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),