Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 27 Nov 2014 12:18 UTC

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M 4 in Greece on 27 Nov 2014 12:18 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:	4.0M
Depth:	2.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.2098 , 25.2578
Event Date:	27 Nov 2014 12:18 UTC 27 Nov 2014 14:18 Local
Exposed Population:	284891 people within 100km
Source:	KOERI 2014112721859.
Inserted at:	27 Nov 2014 12:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
KOERI	0		0
2014112721859.	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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1065737		0	27 Nov 2014 12:18	4M, 2.2km	N/A	280 thousand (in 100km)		00:06	KOERI

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 Aegean Islands (population 456,800) .

Radius	Population
100 km	280000 people
75 km	46000 people
50 km	35000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Country	Region Province	Population
Greece	Aegean Islands	460000 people
Greece	Thraki	340000 people
Turkey	Canakkale	470000 people
Greece	Macedonia	2.3 million people
Turkey	Edirne	440000 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
Limnos	LXS	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	31 km
Imroz		46					56 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Kamariotissa	Greece	36 km
Ormos Kondias	Greece	39 km
Mirina	Greece	40 km

More information

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