Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 17 Apr 2015 16:39 UTC

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M 4.5 in Greece on 17 Apr 2015 16:39 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:	27.77 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.9529 , 26.6965
Event Date:	17 Apr 2015 16:39 UTC 17 Apr 2015 18:39 Local
Exposed Population:	About 70291 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	17 Apr 2015 21:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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
1076582	17 Apr 2015 16:39	4.6M, 10km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)	00:04	NOAIG
1076586	17 Apr 2015 16:39	4.3M, 6.4km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	00:26	KOERI
1076587	17 Apr 2015 16:39	4.6M, 11.1km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	00:27	NOAIG
1076588	17 Apr 2015 16:39	4.6M, 10km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	00:30	EMSC
1076615	17 Apr 2015 16:39	4.5M, 27.77km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)	04:49	NEIC

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 Crete (population 537,807) . The nearest places are and Heraklion.

Radius	Population
100 km	74000 people
75 km	31000 people
50 km	6800 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Crete	Greece	540000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Heraklion	Irakleio	Greece	Major city	130000 people	144 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
Essey	KSJ	10	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	41 km
Karpathos	AOK	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	55 km
Sitia	JSH	122	Civ.	Paved	No	2300	55 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kasos Island		Greece	33 km
Sitia	GRJSH	Greece	53 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Bramianos	Bramianos	1986	91 km

More information

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