Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 18 Apr 2015 16:46 UTC

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M 4.7 in Greece on 18 Apr 2015 16:46 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:	4.7M
Depth:	18.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.4768 , 23.1447
Event Date:	18 Apr 2015 16:46 UTC 18 Apr 2015 19:46 Local
Exposed Population:	125500 people within 100km
Source:	NOAIG 22F00980
Inserted at:	18 Apr 2015 17:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0		0
22F00980	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1076726	n.a	18 Apr 2015 16:46	4.8M, 5km	N/A	130 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	NOAIG
1076727	0	18 Apr 2015 16:46	4.8M, 40.08km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	00:16	NEIC
1076728	0	18 Apr 2015 16:46	4.7M, 14.3km	N/A	120 thousand (in 100km)	00:18	KOERI
1076729	0	18 Apr 2015 16:46	4.7M, 20km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	00:22	EMSC
1076730	0	18 Apr 2015 16:46	4.7M, 18.6km	N/A	130 thousand (in 100km)	00:24	NOAIG

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 Peloponnisos (population 1,079,573) . The nearest places are Kallithea, and Faraklï¿½n.

Radius	Population
100 km	120000 people
75 km	64000 people
50 km	31000 people
20 km	3600 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Peloponnisos	Greece	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Faraklï¿½n	Lakonia	Greece	Village	-	14 km
Kallithea	Attiki	Greece	Major city	110000 people	160 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
Kithira	KIT	290	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4800	37 km
Sparti	SPJ	152	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	82 km
Porto Kheli Alexion	PKH	unknown					85 km
Spetsai	JSS	unknown					90 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cape Malea		Greece	11 km
Neapolis	GRNEA	Greece	18 km

More information

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