M 4.6 in Greece on 24 Sep 2015 03:02 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: 4.6M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.64 , 24.1
Event Date: 24 Sep 2015 03:02 UTC
24 Sep 2015 06:02 Local
Exposed Population:
1436757 people within 100km
Source: EMSC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=461163
Inserted at: 24 Sep 2015 04:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=461163 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1099025 0 24 Sep 2015 03:02 4.6M, 2km N/A 1.4 million (in 100km) 00:58 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 Macedonia (population 2,267,051) . The nearest places are Thessalon�ki, and Loutra Eleftheron.

Radius Population
100 km 1.4 million people
75 km 480000 people
50 km 160000 people
20 km 1200 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Macedonia Greece 2.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Loutra Eleftheron Greece Village - 11 km
Thessalon�ki Thessaloniki Greece Major city 350000 people 95 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
Migdhaleon 62 Mil. Paved No 5100 42 km
Megas Alexandros KVA 5 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 54 km
Drama DRM unknown 57 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Stratoni GRSTI Greece 27 km
Amfipolis Greece 27 km
Nea Peramos Greece 28 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Thissavros Nestos 1996 82 km
Platanovryssi Nestos 1997 83 km

More information

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