M 4.6 in Greece on 11 Oct 2013 05:15 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 4.6M
Depth: 4 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.69 , 23.41
Event Date: 11 Oct 2013 05:15 UTC
11 Oct 2013 08:15 Local
Exposed Population:
2067006 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=338521
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2013 07:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=338521 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1015629 0 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.5M, 5km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 00:02 NOAIG
1015630 0 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.5M, 10km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 00:02 EMSC
1015632 0 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.4M, 14.3km N/A 2.2 million (in 100km) 00:14 KOERI
1015633 n.a 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.4M, 21.6km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 00:16 NOAIG
1015634 0 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.6M, 10km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 00:17 EMSC
1015637 0.1 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.7M, 8.36km N/A 2.2 million (in 100km) 00:38 NEIC
1015646 0 11 Oct 2013 05:15 4.6M, 4km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 01:47 EMSC
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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Greece , Region of Macedonia (population 2,267,051) . The nearest places are Thessalon�ki, and Megali Volvi.

Radius Population
100 km 2.1 million people
75 km 1.4 million people
50 km 1.1 million people
20 km 35000 people
10 km 8700 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Macedonia Greece 2.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Megali Volvi Thessaloniki Greece Village - 1 km
Thessalon�ki Thessaloniki Greece Major city 350000 people 41 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Sedes AB 34 Mil. Unpaved No 4200 40 km
Makedonia SKG 8 Civ. Paved Yes 8000 45 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Stavros Greece 23 km
Amfipolis Greece 36 km
Stratoni GRSTI Greece 40 km

More information

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