Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 05 Mar 2014 15:08 UTC

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M 4.6 in Greece on 05 Mar 2014 15:08 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.09 , 20.21
Event Date:	05 Mar 2014 15:08 UTC 05 Mar 2014 16:08 Local
Exposed Population:	175058 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=363238
Inserted at:	05 Mar 2014 15:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=363238	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1043004	05 Mar 2014 15:08	4.6M, 16.46km	N/A	260 thousand (in 100km)	00:36	NEIC
1043005	05 Mar 2014 15:08	4.6M, 10km	N/A	160 thousand (in 100km)	00:39	EMSC
1043006	05 Mar 2014 15:08	4.6M, 10km	N/A	180 thousand (in 100km)	00:48	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) .

Radius	Population
100 km	260000 people
75 km	85000 people
50 km	44000 people
20 km	17000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Country	Region Province	Population
Greece	Ionian Islands	190000 people
Greece	Peloponnisos	1.1 million people
Greece	Central Greece and Evvoia	-
Greece	Ipiros	340000 people

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	18 km
Zakinthos	ZTH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	64 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Argos (Argolis)	GRARG	Greece	19 km
Cephalonia Island		Greece	22 km

More information

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