M 5.7 in Türkiye on 26 Sep 2019 10:59 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.89 , 28.1727
Event Date: 26 Sep 2019 10:59 UTC
26 Sep 2019 13:59 Local
Exposed Population: About 66000 people in MMI
13.4 million in 100km
Source: NEIC us70005lkl
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2019 11:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us70005lkl Scaled population (raster) 1.32  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1271888 0.3 26 Sep 2019 10:59 5.7M, 10km 6.01 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:04 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Turkey ,of Tekirdag (population 1,242) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
66000 people
6.2 million people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1271888 40.89/28.173 5.7 10.0 5.49 26 Sep 2019 11:20 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1271888 40.89/28.173 5.7 10.0 5.802 26 Sep 2019 11:33 00:34 (upd of #1)
3 0.4 1271888 40.89/28.173 5.7 10.0 6.217 26 Sep 2019 13:02 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0.3 1271888 40.89/28.173 5.7 10.0 6.007 27 Sep 2019 11:03 1d 00:04 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Tekirdag Turkey 1200 people
Istanbul Turkey 810000 people
Tekirdag Turkey 42000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Marmaraereglisi Tekirdag Turkey Village - 21 km
Sultanköy Tekirdag Turkey Village - 22 km
Silivri Istanbul Turkey City 53000 people 23 km
Kavakli Istanbul Turkey Village 50000 people 27 km
Ortaköy Istanbul Turkey Village - 29 km
Yeniçiftlik Tekirdag Turkey Village - 30 km
Seymen Tekirdag Turkey Village - 30 km
Tepecik Istanbul Turkey Village 22000 people 35 km
No Istanbul Turkey City - 36 km
Büyükçekmece Istanbul Turkey City 42000 people 39 km
Esenyurt Istanbul Turkey City 210000 people 47 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Ereglisi Turkey 20 km
Silivri Turkey 21 km
Buyukcekmece TRBCE Turkey 38 km
Ambarli TRAMB Turkey 45 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Buyukcekmece Sarisu 1988 37 km

More information

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