Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 27 Aug 2015 00:25 UTC

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M 4.8 in Greece on 27 Aug 2015 00:25 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:	4.8M
Depth:	25.83 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.4922 , 25.5641
Event Date:	27 Aug 2015 00:25 UTC 27 Aug 2015 02:25 Local
Exposed Population:	236466 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	27 Aug 2015 00:45 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
1093403	27 Aug 2015 00:25	4.7M, 24.9km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	00:04	NOAIG
1093407	27 Aug 2015 00:25	4.6M, 60km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	00:14	EMSC
1093409	27 Aug 2015 00:25	4.6M, 61km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)	00:17	KOERI
1093410	27 Aug 2015 00:25	4.6M, 11.2km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)	00:18	NOAIG
1093411	27 Aug 2015 00:25	4.8M, 25.83km	N/A	240 thousand (in 100km)	00:19	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) .

Radius	Population
100 km	45000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	no 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
Aegean Islands	Greece	460000 people
Tubruq	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	94000 people
Darnah	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	110000 people
Marsa Matruh	Egypt	190000 people
Central Greece and Evvoia	Greece	-
Mugla	Turkey	610000 people
Peloponnisos	Greece	1.1 million people
Al Jabal al Akhdar	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	460000 people
Aydin	Turkey	900000 people
Antalya	Turkey	1.2 million people
Al Fatih	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	100000 people
Izmir	Turkey	2.9 million people
Ajdabiya	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	100000 people
Denizli	Turkey	820000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ierapetra		Greece	86 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Bramianos	Bramianos	1986	89 km

More information

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