Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 26 Dec 2015 11:00 UTC

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M 5.1 in Greece on 26 Dec 2015 11:00 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:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.4578 , 27.4127
Event Date:	26 Dec 2015 11:00 UTC 26 Dec 2015 13:00 Local
Exposed Population:	About 21350 people within 100km
Source:	NOAIG 27F02145
Inserted at:	26 Dec 2015 11:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0		0
27F02145	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
1113178	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5.4M, 2km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	00:03	EMSC
1113179	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5.3M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	NOAIG
1113180	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5.4M, 5km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	EMSC
1113182	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5M, 13.4km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:09	KOERI
1113184	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5.2M, 38.79km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:20	NEIC
1113185	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5.4M, 45km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:20	EMSC
1113186	26 Dec 2015 11:00	5.1M, 10km	N/A	20 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 Aegean Islands (population 456,800) .

Radius	Population
100 km	19000 people
75 km	8400 people
50 km	3900 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aegean Islands	Greece	460000 people

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
Karpathos	AOK	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	37 km
Essey	KSJ	10	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	59 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Karpathos Island	Greece	36 km
Olimbos	Greece	57 km
Kasos Island	Greece	60 km

More information

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