M 4.5 in Greece on 27 Jan 2014 09:47 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: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.16 , 20.31
Event Date: 27 Jan 2014 09:47 UTC
27 Jan 2014 11:47 Local
Exposed Population:
271098 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=355677
Inserted at: 27 Jan 2014 12:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=355677 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
1039927 0 27 Jan 2014 09:47 4.2M, 5km N/A 320 thousand (in 100km) 00:05 NOAIG
1039937 0 27 Jan 2014 09:47 4.1M, 14.8km N/A 360 thousand (in 100km) 01:38 NOAIG
1039942 0 27 Jan 2014 09:47 4.5M, 10km N/A 270 thousand (in 100km) 02:31 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 Lixoúrion, Vilatória, Argostólion, Argostoli, Dhilináta, Kardakáta, Athéras, Mikháta, Pouláta, and Valsamáta.

Radius Population
100 km 150000 people
75 km 90000 people
50 km 42000 people
20 km 22000 people
10 km 5300 people
5 km 1300 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Ionian Islands Greece 190000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Lixoúrion Kefallinia Greece Village 3200 people 6 km
Vilatória Kefallinia Greece Village - 8 km
Argostólion Kefallinia Greece City 8200 people 11 km
Argostoli Greece Village - 11 km
Dhilináta Kefallinia Greece Village - 14 km
Kardakáta Kefallinia Greece Village - 15 km
Athéras Kefallinia Greece Village <1000 people 16 km
Mikháta Kefallinia Greece Village - 20 km
Pouláta Kefallinia Greece Village - 22 km
Valsamáta Greece Village - 23 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 13 km
Zakinthos ZTH 4 Civ. Paved Yes 7200 66 km
Aktion PVK 4 Mil. Paved Yes 9800 91 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Argos (Argolis) GRARG Greece 11 km
Cephalonia Island Greece 12 km
Assos Greece 22 km
Sami Greece 27 km
Ithaca GRITH Greece 38 km
Ithaki Greece 38 km
Meganisi Greece 64 km
Zakinthos Greece 65 km
Zante GRZAN Greece 68 km
Kalamos Greece 69 km
Keri Greece 70 km
Killini Greece 75 km
Astakos Greece 76 km
Levkas GRLEV Greece 79 km
Palairos Greece 79 km
Preveza Greece 92 km

More information

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