Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 27 Jan 2014 13:05 UTC

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M 4.5 in Greece on 27 Jan 2014 13:05 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:	2 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.27 , 20.32
Event Date:	27 Jan 2014 13:05 UTC 27 Jan 2014 15:05 Local
Exposed Population:	288225 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=355732
Inserted at:	27 Jan 2014 14:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=355732	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

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1039948	0	27 Jan 2014 13:05	4.3M, 10km	N/A	430 thousand (in 100km)	00:10	NOAIG
1039950	0	27 Jan 2014 13:05	4.7M, 2km	N/A	430 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	EMSC
1039953	0.1	27 Jan 2014 13:05	4.8M, 9.33km	N/A	450 thousand (in 100km)	01:25	NEIC
1039955	0	27 Jan 2014 13:05	4.5M, 2km	N/A	290 thousand (in 100km)	01:48	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 Athéras, Kardakáta, Vilatória, Lixoúrion, Dhilináta, Neokhórion, Argostólion, Asos, Argostoli, Pouláta, and Pálairos.

Radius	Population
100 km	200000 people
75 km	83000 people
50 km	45000 people
20 km	21000 people
10 km	4300 people
5 km	<1000 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
Athéras	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	3 km
Kardakáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	4 km
Vilatória	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	6 km
Lixoúrion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	3200 people	10 km
Dhilináta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	11 km
Neokhórion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	12 km
Argostólion	Kefallinia	Greece	City	8200 people	14 km
Asos	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	14 km
Argostoli		Greece	Village	-	16 km
Pouláta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	17 km
Ayía Evfimía	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	17 km
Mikháta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	20 km
Sámi	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	22 km
Fiskardhon	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	22 km
Valsamáta		Greece	Village	-	25 km
Palikáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	26 km
Stavros		Greece	Village	-	26 km
Itháki	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	1700 people	27 km
Frikes	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	28 km
Poros	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	35 km
Skala	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	36 km
Kondáraina	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	41 km
Vasiliki	Lefkada	Greece	Village	<1000 people	42 km
Áyios Pétros	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	44 km
Katokhórion	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	48 km
Skinária	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	48 km
Volimais	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	50 km
Vathí	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	51 km
Nydrion		Greece	Village	-	53 km
Aj. Nikitas		Greece	Village	-	57 km
Lazarata	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	57 km
Kalamos	Lefkada	Greece	Village	<1000 people	58 km
Karyá	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	58 km
Khartáta	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	59 km
Episkopí		Greece	Village	-	60 km
Katastárion	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	61 km
Mytikas		Greece	Village	-	63 km
Valtíon		Greece	Village	-	63 km
Astakós	Aitoloakarnania	Greece	Village	2500 people	64 km
Planos	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	64 km
Levkás		Greece	Village	7500 people	64 km
Sakynthos		Greece	Village	-	68 km
Lithakiá	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	68 km
Pálairos		Greece	Village	2200 people	68 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	20 km
Zakinthos	ZTH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	72 km
Aktion	PVK	4	Mil.	Paved	Yes	9800	77 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cephalonia Island		Greece	7 km
Assos		Greece	9 km
Argos (Argolis)	GRARG	Greece	14 km
Sami		Greece	21 km
Ithaki		Greece	28 km
Ithaca	GRITH	Greece	29 km
Meganisi		Greece	50 km
Kalamos		Greece	57 km
Levkas	GRLEV	Greece	65 km
Astakos		Greece	65 km
Palairos		Greece	66 km
Zakinthos		Greece	71 km
Zante	GRZAN	Greece	74 km
Killini		Greece	76 km
Keri		Greece	79 km
Preveza		Greece	79 km
Vonitsa		Greece	80 km

More information

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