M 5.8 in Türkiye on 08 Aug 2019 11:25 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 1185969
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.948 , 29.6968
Event Date: 08 Aug 2019 11:25 UTC
08 Aug 2019 14:25 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2019 13:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000529r Scaled population (raster) 1.46  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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M5.8 in Turkey - Copernicus EMS activation (EMSR376)Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:43

EMSR376: Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been activated
Turkey - Earthquake (ECHO 09 Aug 2019)Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:00

  • An earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 10 km hit western Turkey on 8 August at 11.25 UTC. The epicentre was located approximately 8 km east-southeast of Baklan Town (Denizli Province). It was preceded by a 4.2 M earthquake 7 km south-west.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 5,000 were exposed to very strong shaking and 79,000 people to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, at least 20 people have been injured and some houses have been damaged.
  • The European Commission Copernicus satellite mapping service was activated in rapid mapping mode () on 8 August.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 102 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Nearly 250 houses to be rebuilded damaged in earthquakeSat, 10 Aug 2019 13:24:00 +0200.

Turkey's environment and urbanization minister said on Friday that they will help earthquake victims in the southwestern province of Denizli. "WE WILL WORK TO HEAL THE WOUNDS" Murat Kurum visited the affected areas of Thursday's earthquake
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Buildings are destroyed as powerful 6-magnitude earthquake rattles wes ... Sat, 10 Aug 2019 12:53:00 +0200.

Another video showed a couple in Denizli caught up in the quake in the middle of their wedding ceremony. The tremor was felt in the neighbouring provinces of Antalya, Mugla, Isparta and Burdur. The mayor of Bozkurt, Birsen Celik, said the q
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Turkey to rebuild 250 houses damaged in earthquakeSat, 10 Aug 2019 12:07:00 +0200.

Turkey's environment and urbanization minister said on Friday that they will help earthquake victims in the southwestern province of Denizli, Anadolu agency reports. Murat Kurum visited the affected areas of Thursday's earthquake and met lo
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Turkey to rebuild 250 houses damaged in earthquakeSat, 10 Aug 2019 10:30:00 +0200.

ANKARA- Anadolu Agency 's environment and urbanization minister said on Aug. 9 that they will help earthquake victims in the southwestern province of Murat Kurum visited the affected areas of Aug. 8's earthquake and met locals in the Bozk
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),