M 4.7 in Türkiye on 31 Jan 2022 00:49 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 1308194
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.1661 , 40.1204
Event Date: 31 Jan 2022 00:49 UTC
31 Jan 2022 03:49 Local
Exposed Population:
1.4 million in 100km
Inserted at: 31 Jan 2022 01:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gghf Scaled population (vector) 5.97  
  C1 earthquake 1.37  
  C2 earthquake -0.11  
  Country Vulnerability 0.27  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 115 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 shook Cyprus on Wednesday evening, the Geological Survey Department said, with no damage or injuries reported. The quake occurred at 11:04 p.m. and its epicenter was 53 km off the island’s western coast
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Officials say seismic activity was aftershock from January, bigger eru ... 2022-02-03T07:15+0100.

Another earthquake in a very short period of time was recorded off the coast of Cyprus on Wednesday night, with local officials estimating that the seismic activity was aftershock from last month without ruling out a bigger eruption in the
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U.S. Calls for help - Again - from the tiny Arab emirate of Qatar2022-02-03T02:11+0100.

The United States is once again knocking on the door of the tiny Arab emirate of the Gulf, Qatar, this time for help in solving the possible fallout from an international crisis not of its making and far from its shores. The Biden administr
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Cyprus: Magnitude-5.3 earthquake in Mediterranean Sea west of Cyprus a ... 2022-02-03T01:32+0100.

Event. A magnitude-5.3 earthquake occurred offshore west of Cyprus at around 23:03 EET Feb. 2. The epicenter was about 52 km (32 miles) west-northwest of Pegeia, Cyprus. The temblor struck at a depth of about 29 km (19 miles). Light to mode
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),