M 5 in Aegean Sea on 22 Aug 2014 04:27 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: 5.0M
Depth: 29 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.92 , 23.46
Event Date: 22 Aug 2014 04:27 UTC
22 Aug 2014 07:27 Local
Exposed Population:
1502373 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=396281
Inserted at: 22 Aug 2014 06:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.2 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=396281 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
1058358 n.a 22 Aug 2014 04:27 5M, 10km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 00:03 NOAIG
1058359 0.4 22 Aug 2014 04:27 5.4M, 2km N/A 1.6 million (in 100km) 00:05 EMSC
1058362 0.1 22 Aug 2014 04:27 4.9M, 10km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 00:17 EMSC
1058364 0.2 22 Aug 2014 04:27 5.1M, 10km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1058379 0 22 Aug 2014 04:27 5M, 29km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 02:17 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 Macedonia (population 2,267,051) . The nearest places are Thessalon�ki, and Nea Skioni.

Radius Population
100 km 1.5 million people
75 km 160000 people
50 km 64000 people
20 km 12000 people
10 km 2500 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Macedonia Greece 2.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Nea Skioni Greece Village - 4 km
Thessalon�ki Thessaloniki Greece Major city 350000 people 89 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
Sedes AB 34 Mil. Unpaved No 4200 77 km
Volos Army 27 Mil. Paved No 3900 78 km
Stefanovikion 45 Mil. Paved No 5200 79 km
Makedonia SKG 8 Civ. Paved Yes 8000 79 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Palourion Greece 16 km
Yerakini GRYER Greece 37 km
Nikitas Greece 38 km
Nea Moudhania Greece 39 km

More information

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