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6 February 2023 M 7.8 Marash/Antep (Kehramanmarash) Earthquake, Preliminary Satellite-Based Comprehensive Damage Assessment Report

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6 February 2023 M 7.8 Marash/Antep (Kehramanmarash) Earthquake, Preliminary Satellite-Based Comprehensive Damage Assessment Report
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**UNOSAT code EQ20230206SYR, GDACS Id: 1357372** This report provides satellite-based comprehensive damage assessment results over Syria following the 06th of February 2023 Marash/Antep earthquakes sequence which struck southern Türkiye and north-western parts of Syria. The mainshock measured a magnitude of 7.8 and occurred at a crucial moment, 4:15 am local time, when most people were at home sleeping. It was a shallow depth earthquake with an epicentre located about 35 km north-west of the Turkish city of Gaziantep. These earthquakes caused more than 46,000 deaths in Türkyie and over 4,500 in northwest Syria. The humanitarian community estimated that 8.8 million people live in the most affected areas in Syria. Overall, 170 sub-districts in 43 districts in 10 of Syria's governorates have been impacted by the earthquake. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
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Humanitarian Data Exchange
Temporal Coverage
2023-03-16
Date Issued
2023-03-17
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Date Added
August 23, 2025
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The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2026-01-15.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2023). 6 February 2023 M 7.8 Marash/Antep (Kehramanmarash) Earthquake, Preliminary Satellite-Based Comprehensive Damage Assessment Report. Humanitarian Data Exchange. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/1d61c08d-c01a-406b-8745-bed8f83802d8 (dataset)
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