M 5.2 in Türkiye on 27 May 2017 15:53 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 1113921
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 23.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.761 , 27.8295
Event Date: 27 May 2017 15:53 UTC
27 May 2017 18:53 Local
Exposed Population:
5570000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2017 16:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NOAIG 0.4 0.4
2017khyx Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

VIDEO: Tak vzniká „nebeská tsunami“. Fotograf zachytil šelfový mrak 5/31/2017 2:48:00 PM.

Bourky, které se do Ceské republiky prihnaly v úterý k veceru, s sebou prinesly i zajímavé úkazy. Jeden takový na Vysocine nedaleko Jihlavy vyfotil a natocil fotograf MF DNES Petr Lemberk. Meteorologové potvrdili, že se jedná o pomerne vzác
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VIDEO: Tak vzniká „nebeská tsunami“. Fotograf zachytil šelfový mrak 5/31/2017 2:30:00 PM.

Bourky, které se do Ceské republiky prihnaly v úterý k veceru, s sebou prinesly i zajímavé úkazy. Jeden takový na Vysocine nedaleko Jihlavy vyfotil a natocil fotograf MF DNES Petr Lemberk. Meteorologové potvrdili, že se jedná o pomerne vzác
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Vulcani: ricostruita in 3D la camera magmatica dello Stromboli 5/31/2017 2:27:00 PM.

(AGI) - Palermo, 31 mag. - Definita per la prima volta la geometria della camera magmatica superficiale del vulcano Stromboli, localizzata tra i due e i quattro chilometri di profondita', sotto il livello del mare, che si estende dall'isola
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Vulcani: ricostruita in 3D la camera magmatica dello Stromboli 5/31/2017 2:13:00 PM.

(AGI) - Palermo, 31 mag. - Definita per la prima volta la geometria della camera magmatica superficiale del vulcano Stromboli, localizzata tra i due e i quattro chilometri di profondita', sotto il livello del mare, che si estende dall'isola
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),