M 4.5 in Türkiye on 28 Oct 2015 16:20 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 1070510
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 12.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8205 , 27.7648
Event Date: 28 Oct 2015 16:20 UTC
28 Oct 2015 19:20 Local
Exposed Population:
5465673 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2015 16:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
KOERI 0 0
2015102862002. Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Voting ends in crucial Turkish parliamentary election after tens of mi.. 11/1/2015 4:11:00 PM.

. ANKARA, Turkey (AP) " Voting ends in crucial Turkish parliamentary election after tens of millions cast votes. AP. This story has been automatically published from the Associated Press wire which uses US spellings. Get the news d
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Greece: 11 more asylum-seekers drown on the crossing from Turkey to Gr.. 11/1/2015 12:06:00 PM.

. LESBOS, Greece (AP) " Greece: 11 more asylum-seekers drown on the crossing from Turkey to Greece; 15 rescued. AP. This story has been automatically published from the Associated Press wire which uses US spellings. Get the news de
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UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon has urged countries taking ... 10/30/2015 6:57:00 AM.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the implementation of relief package announced by him for the welfare of earthquake affected people has started. During a briefing in Dasu Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed that relief goods should be dro
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Turkey earthquake sends shockwaves to Armenia Residents in the Armenia.. 10/30/2015 4:51:00 AM.

Turkey earthquake sends shockwaves to Armenia. Residents in the Armenian capital Yerevan and the nearby Ararat province felt tremors Thursday afternoon from what turned out to be an earthquake in neighboring Turkey. Armenia’s Seismic Protec
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),