M 5.1 in Turkmenistan on 16 Aug 2023 01:37 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 1387193
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 49.657 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.2755 , 53.1334
Event Date: 16 Aug 2023 01:37 UTC
16 Aug 2023 06:37 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 17 Aug 2023 01:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Turkmenistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000knkw Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Turkmenistan 8/16/2023 12:44:00 PM.

AKIPRESS.COM - The magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred at 6:37 am on August 16 in Turkmenistan. The epicenter of earth tremors was 31 km away from Turkmenashi at the depth of 44.8 km, Turkmen News reported. The earthquake did not cause destru
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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Turkmenistan – GFZ 8/16/2023 9:30:00 AM.

The quake was at a depth of 48 km (29.83 miles), GFZ said. Follow Us An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Turkmenistan on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Turkmenistan - GFZ 8/16/2023 9:30:00 AM.

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Turkmenistan on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. Read full story ......
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Turkmenistan - GFZ (Reuters) - An ear.. 8/16/2023 9:24:00 AM.

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Turkmenistan on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 48 km (29.83 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing b
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),