Earthquake Orange

Shaking Alert

M 7.5, 4 km SSE of Ekinz, Turkey PAGER

Origin Time: 2023-02-06 10:24:49 UTC (Mon 13:24:49 local)
Location: 38.0235◦ N 37.2030◦ E Depth: 10.0 km Version 6
Created: 1 day, 0 hours after earthquake

Estimated Fatalities Orange alert for shaking-related fatalities Estimated Economic Losses
and economic losses. Significant casual-
ties and damage are likely and the disas-
ter is potentially widespread. Past orange
38% 41% alerts have required a regional or national 34% 29%
11% level response. 18% 11%
8% 4%
Estimated economic losses are less than
1% of GDP of Turkey.
1 100 10,000 1 100 10,000
10 1,000 100,000 10 1,000 100,000
Fatalities USD (Millions)

Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking

ESTIMATED POPULATION –* 11,217k* 61,081k 16,916k 3,011k 352k 98k 0 0
EXPOSURE (k=x1000)
ESTIMATED MODIFIED
MERCALLI INTENSITY I II-III IV V VI VII VIII IX X+
PERCEIVED SHAKING Not felt Weak Light Moderate Strong Very Strong Severe Violent Extreme
Resistant None None None V. Light Light Moderate Mod./Heavy Heavy V. Heavy
POTENTIAL Structures
DAMAGE Vulnerable None None None Light Moderate Mod./Heavy Heavy V. Heavy V. Heavy
Structures
*Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area.

Population Exposure population per 1 sq. km from Landscan

0 5 50 100 500 1000 5000 10000 Structures
34.4 E 37.8 E 41.1 E Overall, the population in this region resides in struc-
tures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake
resistant construction. The predominant vulnera-
ble building types are adobe block and dressed
stone/block masonry construction.

IV
IV

40.8 N Historical Earthquakes

Date Dist. Mag. Max Shaking
(UTC) (km) MMI(#) Deaths
1998-06-27 207 6.3 VIII(19k) 145
2003-05-01 301 6.3 VIII(25k) 177
1975-09-06 315 6.7 VIII(1k) 2k
Recent earthquakes in this area have caused
V IV
secondary hazards such as landslides that might
have contributed to losses.
38.0 N VII V
VI
IV
V

Selected City Exposure

V
V

from GeoNames.org
MMI City Population
VIII Celeyke 6k
VIII Nurhak 9k
VIII Cardak <1k
35.2 N
IV

VII Elbistan 80k

IV VII Afsin 40k

IV IV VII
V
Gucuk
Aleppo
<1k
1,602k
IV Damascus 1,569k
km IV Mosul 1,740k
III Beirut 1,916k
0 100 200 300 III Ankara 3,517k
PAGER content is automatically generated, and only considers losses due to structural damage. bold cities appear on map. (k = x1000)
Limitations of input data, shaking estimates, and loss models may add uncertainty.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jlqa#pager Event ID: us6000jlqa