Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 13 Nov 2014 09:37 UTC

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M 4.5 in Greece on 13 Nov 2014 09:37 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:	5 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.44 , 20.33
Event Date:	13 Nov 2014 09:37 UTC 13 Nov 2014 11:37 Local
Exposed Population:	436776 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=408392
Inserted at:	13 Nov 2014 10:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0		0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=408392	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
1064523	13 Nov 2014 09:37	4.6M, 5km	N/A	490 thousand (in 100km)	00:04	NOAIG
1064525	13 Nov 2014 09:37	4.5M, 2km	N/A	440 thousand (in 100km)	00:19	EMSC
1064526	13 Nov 2014 09:37	4.5M, 2km	N/A	420 thousand (in 100km)	00:22	EMSC
1064527	13 Nov 2014 09:37	4.5M, 16.3km	N/A	530 thousand (in 100km)	00:26	NOAIG
1064533	13 Nov 2014 09:37	4.5M, 5km	N/A	440 thousand (in 100km)	01:07	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, Asos, Neokhórion, Kardakáta, Fiskardhon, Vilatória, Ayía Evfimía, Dhilináta, Lixoúrion, Stavros, and Makhairá.

Radius	Population
100 km	220000 people
75 km	97000 people
50 km	50000 people
20 km	4900 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no 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	7 km
Asos	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	12 km
Neokhórion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	12 km
Kardakáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	12 km
Fiskardhon	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	14 km
Vilatória	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	16 km
Ayía Evfimía	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	17 km
Dhilináta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	19 km
Lixoúrion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	3200 people	20 km
Stavros		Greece	Village	-	20 km
Palikáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	21 km
Pouláta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	23 km
Frikes	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	23 km
Argostólion	Kefallinia	Greece	City	8200 people	24 km
Sámi	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	25 km
Argostoli		Greece	Village	-	26 km
Itháki	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	1700 people	26 km
Mikháta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	28 km
Kondáraina	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	32 km
Vasiliki	Lefkada	Greece	Village	<1000 people	33 km
Valsamáta		Greece	Village	-	34 km
Áyios Pétros	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	35 km
Katokhórion	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	39 km
Poros	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	41 km
Skala	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	43 km
Vathí	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	44 km
Nydrion		Greece	Village	-	44 km
Aj. Nikitas		Greece	Village	-	47 km
Lazarata	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	48 km
Karyá	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	49 km
Kalamos	Lefkada	Greece	Village	<1000 people	52 km
Episkopí		Greece	Village	-	54 km
Levkás		Greece	Village	7500 people	55 km
Mytikas		Greece	Village	-	57 km
Skinária	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	57 km
Astakós	Aitoloakarnania	Greece	Village	2500 people	60 km
Volimais	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	60 km
Pálairos		Greece	Village	2200 people	61 km
Valtíon		Greece	Village	-	61 km
Arkhondokhóri	Aitoloakarnania	Greece	Village	-	64 km
Khartáta	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	68 km
Monastirákion	Aitoloakarnania	Greece	City	-	69 km
Makhairá	Aitoloakarnania	Greece	Village	-	70 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	30 km
Aktion	PVK	4	Mil.	Paved	Yes	9800	67 km
Zakinthos	ZTH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	81 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Assos		Greece	10 km
Cephalonia Island		Greece	16 km
Argos (Argolis)	GRARG	Greece	23 km
Sami		Greece	25 km
Ithaki		Greece	26 km
Ithaca	GRITH	Greece	30 km
Meganisi		Greece	43 km
Kalamos		Greece	50 km
Levkas	GRLEV	Greece	55 km
Palairos		Greece	58 km
Astakos		Greece	62 km
Preveza		Greece	69 km
Vonitsa		Greece	71 km
Zakinthos		Greece	79 km
Killini		Greece	82 km
Zante	GRZAN	Greece	83 km
Amfilokhia		Greece	85 km
Keri		Greece	88 km
Paxos Island		Greece	94 km

More information

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