M 6.1 in Türkiye from 23 Nov 2022 01:08 UTC to 01:08

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Glide number: EQ-2022-000366-TUR
Depth: 3.944 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8437 , 30.9695
Event Date: 23 Nov 2022 01:08 UTC
23 Nov 2022 04:08 Local
Exposed Population: 180 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000irp8
Inserted at: 23 Nov 2022 01:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 1.5
us7000irp8 Scaled population (raster) 4.21  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1474695 1.4 23 Nov 2022 01:08 6.2M, 10km 7.02 150 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:03 GEOFON
1474698 1.5 23 Nov 2022 01:08 6.1M, 3.944km 7.58 180 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:17 NEIC
1474706 1.4 23 Nov 2022 01:08 6.1M, 10km 7.28 120 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:38 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Türkiye ,of Bolu (population 582,766) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
1000 people
180000 people
200000 people
660000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Bolu Türkiye 16000 people
Bolu Türkiye 220000 people
Sakarya Türkiye 3500 people
Bolu Türkiye 81000 people
Sakarya Türkiye 380000 people
Bolu Türkiye 18000 people
Sakarya Türkiye 300000 people
Kocaeli Türkiye 2000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Gumusova Duzce Türkiye Village - 4 km
Gölyaka Bolu Türkiye Village - 7 km
Gülkaya Bolu Türkiye Village - 7 km
Cumaova Sakarya Türkiye City - 8 km
Çilimli Duzce Türkiye Village - 9 km
Yunusefendi Bolu Türkiye Village - 12 km
Düzce Duzce Türkiye City 59000 people 16 km
Beyköy Bolu Türkiye Village - 17 km
Beyciler Duzce Türkiye Village - 18 km
Aktas Sakarya Türkiye Village - 16 km
Konuralp Duzce Türkiye Village - 17 km
Dikmen Bolu Türkiye Village - 18 km
Karadere Sakarya Türkiye Village - 18 km
Hendek Sakarya Türkiye City 35000 people 19 km
Kurugöl Duzce Türkiye Village - 21 km
Kabalak Duzce Türkiye Village - 23 km
Kurudere Sakarya Türkiye Village - 23 km
Parali Sakarya Türkiye Village - 26 km
Caferiye Sakarya Türkiye Village - 26 km
Kocaali Sakarya Türkiye Village 15000 people 26 km
Kurtsuyu Duzce Türkiye Village - 27 km
Tepeköy Duzce Türkiye Village - 28 km
Akcakoca Duzce Türkiye City 23000 people 30 km
Akyazi Sakarya Türkiye City 26000 people 33 km
Çatalköprü Sakarya Türkiye Village - 34 km
Erenler Sakarya Türkiye Village - 48 km
Dokurcun Bolu Türkiye Village - 30 km
Karamurat Bolu Türkiye Village - 32 km
Dipsizgöl Bolu Türkiye Village - 33 km
Üçköprü Bolu Türkiye Village - 33 km
Karasu Sakarya Türkiye City 39000 people 36 km
Kuzuluk Sakarya Türkiye Village - 38 km
Agacik Sakarya Türkiye Village - 41 km
Ferizli Sakarya Türkiye Village 23000 people 43 km
Sögütlü Sakarya Türkiye Village - 43 km
Ekinli Sakarya Türkiye Village - 43 km
Karadiken Sakarya Türkiye Village - 44 km
Emirler Sakarya Türkiye Village - 46 km
Köçekkisla Kocaeli Türkiye Village - 47 km
Adapazari Sakarya Türkiye Major city 300000 people 48 km
Göktepe Sakarya Türkiye Village - 49 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Hasanlar Kucuk Melen 1972 27 km

More information

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