M 4 in Greece on 29 Nov 2015 00:20 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: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.6895 , 20.5581
Event Date: 29 Nov 2015 00:20 UTC
29 Nov 2015 02:20 Local
Exposed Population:
480608 people within 100km
Source: NOAIG 2015xips
Inserted at: 29 Nov 2015 00:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NOAIG 0 0
2015xips 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
1108917 0 29 Nov 2015 00:20 4M, 5km N/A 480 thousand (in 100km) 00:05 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 Ionian Islands (population 192,059) . The nearest places are Pátrai, and Áyios Pétros.

Radius Population
100 km 480000 people
75 km 290000 people
50 km 79000 people
20 km 16000 people
10 km 4600 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Ionian Islands Greece 190000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Áyios Pétros Lefkada Greece Village - 6 km
Pátrai Achaia Greece Major city - 117 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
Aktion PVK 4 Mil. Paved Yes 9800 33 km
Argostolion EFL 18 Civ. Paved Yes 8000 64 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Levkas GRLEV Greece 21 km
Meganisi Greece 22 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Pournari Arachthos 1981 69 km
Stratos Acheloos 1988 69 km

More information

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