M 4.6 in Greece on 11 Apr 2016 18:53 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: 12 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.22 , 20.3
Event Date: 11 Apr 2016 18:53 UTC
11 Apr 2016 21:53 Local
Exposed Population:
285398 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=499940
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 06:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=499940 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
1124883 0 11 Apr 2016 18:53 4.4M, 5km N/A 290 thousand (in 100km) 00:02 NOAIG
1124886 0 11 Apr 2016 18:53 4.3M, 20.4km N/A 330 thousand (in 100km) 00:17 NOAIG
1124887 0 11 Apr 2016 18:53 4.5M, 2km N/A 310 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 EMSC
1124941 0 11 Apr 2016 18:53 4.6M, 10km N/A 340 thousand (in 100km) 04:03 NEIC
1124965 0 11 Apr 2016 18:53 4.6M, 12km N/A 290 thousand (in 100km) 12:03 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 Ionian Islands (population 192,059) . The nearest places are Vilatória, Athéras, Lixoúrion, Kardakáta, Argostólion, Dhilináta, Argostoli, Neokhórion, Asos, and Pouláta.

Radius Population
100 km 150000 people
75 km 64000 people
50 km 37000 people
20 km 6300 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Ionian Islands Greece 190000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Vilatória Kefallinia Greece Village - 7 km
Athéras Kefallinia Greece Village <1000 people 12 km
Lixoúrion Kefallinia Greece Village 3200 people 12 km
Kardakáta Kefallinia Greece Village - 15 km
Argostólion Kefallinia Greece City 8200 people 19 km
Dhilináta Kefallinia Greece Village - 19 km
Argostoli Greece Village - 20 km
Neokhórion Kefallinia Greece Village - 23 km
Asos Kefallinia Greece Village - 26 km
Pouláta Kefallinia Greece Village - 26 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
Argostolion EFL 18 Civ. Paved Yes 8000 23 km
Zakinthos ZTH 4 Civ. Paved Yes 7200 75 km
Aktion PVK 4 Mil. Paved Yes 9800 85 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cephalonia Island Greece 15 km
Argos (Argolis) GRARG Greece 18 km
Assos Greece 21 km
Sami Greece 31 km
Ithaki Greece 39 km
Ithaca GRITH Greece 40 km
Meganisi Greece 61 km
Kalamos Greece 67 km
Levkas GRLEV Greece 73 km
Zakinthos Greece 74 km
Palairos Greece 76 km
Astakos Greece 77 km
Zante GRZAN Greece 78 km
Keri Greece 80 km
Preveza Greece 87 km
Vonitsa Greece 89 km

More information

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