Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 27 Jun 2017 03:51 UTC

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M 4.1 in Greece on 27 Jun 2017 03:51 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:	4.1M
Depth:	5 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.2526 , 20.3345
Event Date:	27 Jun 2017 03:51 UTC 27 Jun 2017 06:51 Local
Exposed Population:	350000 people within 100km
Source:	NOAIG 2017mlrq
Inserted at:	27 Jun 2017 03:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0		0
2017mlrq	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1172048		0	27 Jun 2017 03:51	4.1M, 5km	N/A	360 thousand (in 100km)		00:02	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 Vilatória, Athéras, Lixoúrion, Kardakáta, Dhilináta, Argostólion, Argostoli, Neokhórion, Pouláta, Asos, and Sakynthos.

Radius	Population
100 km	160000 people
75 km	69000 people
50 km	38000 people
20 km	15000 people
10 km	2300 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
Vilatória	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	4 km
Athéras	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	10 km
Lixoúrion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	3200 people	10 km
Kardakáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	12 km
Dhilináta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	16 km
Argostólion	Kefallinia	Greece	City	8200 people	16 km
Argostoli		Greece	Village	-	17 km
Neokhórion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	21 km
Pouláta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	23 km
Asos	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	23 km
Mikháta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	25 km
Ayía Evfimía	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	25 km
Valsamáta		Greece	Village	-	29 km
Sámi	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	29 km
Fiskardhon	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	29 km
Palikáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	34 km
Stavros		Greece	Village	-	35 km
Itháki	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	1700 people	36 km
Frikes	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	36 km
Skala	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	40 km
Poros	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	41 km
Kondáraina	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	48 km
Skinária	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	49 km
Vasiliki	Lefkada	Greece	Village	<1000 people	49 km
Volimais	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	50 km
Áyios Pétros	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	51 km
Katokhórion	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	55 km
Vathí	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	59 km
Khartáta	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	60 km
Nydrion		Greece	Village	-	61 km
Katastárion	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	61 km
Aj. Nikitas		Greece	Village	-	63 km
Lazarata	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	64 km
Karyá	Lefkada	Greece	Village	-	65 km
Planos	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	66 km
Kalamos	Lefkada	Greece	Village	<1000 people	66 km
Episkopí		Greece	Village	-	68 km
Lithakiá	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	69 km
Sakynthos		Greece	Village	-	70 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
Argostolion	EFL	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	21 km
Zakinthos	ZTH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	74 km
Aktion	PVK	4	Mil.	Paved	Yes	9800	84 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cephalonia Island		Greece	12 km
Argos (Argolis)	GRARG	Greece	16 km
Assos		Greece	18 km
Sami		Greece	28 km
Ithaki		Greece	36 km
Ithaca	GRITH	Greece	37 km
Meganisi		Greece	58 km
Kalamos		Greece	65 km
Levkas	GRLEV	Greece	72 km
Zakinthos		Greece	72 km
Palairos		Greece	74 km
Astakos		Greece	74 km
Zante	GRZAN	Greece	76 km
Keri		Greece	79 km
Killini		Greece	81 km
Preveza		Greece	85 km
Vonitsa		Greece	88 km

More information

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