M 4.6 in Greece on 15 Feb 2014 07:31 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: 25.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.217 , 20.2818
Event Date: 15 Feb 2014 07:31 UTC
15 Feb 2014 09:31 Local
Exposed Population:
290148 people within 100km
Source: NOAIG 12F02509
Inserted at: 15 Feb 2014 07:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NOAIG 0 0
12F02509 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
1041656 0.1 15 Feb 2014 07:31 4.8M, 5km N/A 450 thousand (in 100km) 00:05 NOAIG
1041658 0.1 15 Feb 2014 07:31 4.9M, 2km N/A 360 thousand (in 100km) 00:11 EMSC
1041659 0.2 15 Feb 2014 07:31 5.2M, 13.69km N/A 340 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1041660 0.1 15 Feb 2014 07:31 4.8M, 2km N/A 360 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 EMSC
1041661 0 15 Feb 2014 07:31 4.6M, 25.3km N/A 290 thousand (in 100km) 00:26 NOAIG
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, Kardakáta, Lixoúrion, Athéras, Dhilináta, Argostólion, Argostoli, Neokhórion, Pouláta, and Mikháta.

Radius Population
100 km 200000 people
75 km 99000 people
50 km 45000 people
20 km 25000 people
10 km 6700 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
Vilatória Kefallinia Greece Village - 3 km
Kardakáta Kefallinia Greece Village - 5 km
Lixoúrion Kefallinia Greece Village 3200 people 5 km
Athéras Kefallinia Greece Village <1000 people 8 km
Dhilináta Kefallinia Greece Village - 9 km
Argostólion Kefallinia Greece City 8200 people 11 km
Argostoli Greece Village - 12 km
Neokhórion Kefallinia Greece Village - 15 km
Pouláta Kefallinia Greece Village - 15 km
Mikháta Kefallinia Greece Village - 18 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 16 km
Zakinthos ZTH 4 Civ. Paved Yes 7200 69 km
Aktion PVK 4 Mil. Paved Yes 9800 81 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cephalonia Island Greece 4 km
Argos (Argolis) GRARG Greece 10 km
Assos Greece 12 km
Sami Greece 20 km
Ithaki Greece 29 km
Ithaca GRITH Greece 30 km
Meganisi Greece 54 km
Kalamos Greece 60 km
Astakos Greece 67 km
Zakinthos Greece 67 km
Levkas GRLEV Greece 69 km
Palairos Greece 69 km
Zante GRZAN Greece 71 km
Killini Greece 74 km
Keri Greece 75 km
Preveza Greece 83 km
Vonitsa Greece 84 km

More information

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