Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 16 Aug 2017 15:53 UTC

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M 5.1 in Greece on 16 Aug 2017 15:53 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:	101.39 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.6008 , 24.7213
Event Date:	16 Aug 2017 15:53 UTC 16 Aug 2017 18:53 Local
Exposed Population:	About 80000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000a8sr
Inserted at:	16 Aug 2017 22:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		-1
us2000a8sr	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1177656	n.a	16 Aug 2017 15:53	5.1M, 91.4km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	00:01	NOAIG
1177661	n.a	16 Aug 2017 15:53	4.8M, 105.02km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	00:12	NEIC
1177662	n.a	16 Aug 2017 15:53	5M, 95.1km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	00:18	NOAIG
1177663	n.a	16 Aug 2017 15:53	4.7M, 91km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	00:23	EMSC
1177683	-1	16 Aug 2017 15:53	5.1M, 101.39km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)	06:15	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 Aegean Islands (population 456,800) . The nearest places are Folégandros, Karavostásis, Adámas, Pollónia, Kimolos, Mílos, Síkinos, Alopronoia, Platys Jialos, Exámbela, and Thira.

Radius	Population
100 km	51000 people
75 km	19000 people
50 km	13000 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
Crete	Greece	540000 people
Peloponnisos	Greece	1.1 million people
Central Greece and Evvoia	Greece	-
Mugla	Turkey	610000 people
Izmir	Turkey	2.9 million people
Aydin	Turkey	900000 people
Thessalia	Greece	730000 people
Manisa	Turkey	1.3 million people
Balikesir	Turkey	1.1 million people
Canakkale	Turkey	470000 people
Ionian Islands	Greece	190000 people
Denizli	Turkey	820000 people
Macedonia	Greece	2.3 million people
Ipiros	Greece	340000 people
Thraki	Greece	340000 people
Darnah	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	110000 people
Al Jabal al Akhdar	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	460000 people
Edirne	Turkey	440000 people
Tubruq	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	94000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Folégandros	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	24 km
Karavostásis		Greece	Village	-	25 km
Adámas	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	30 km
Pollónia		Greece	Village	-	34 km
Kimolos		Greece	Village	-	36 km
Mílos	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	37 km
Síkinos	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	44 km
Alopronoia		Greece	Village	-	46 km
Platys Jialos		Greece	Village	-	50 km
Exámbela		Greece	Village	-	54 km
Apollonía	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	56 km
Los	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	58 km
Ios	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	60 km
Kamares	Kyklades	Greece	Village	-	61 km
Oía		Greece	Village	-	63 km
Pikrá-Nerá		Greece	Village	-	63 km
Manganaris		Greece	Village	-	65 km
Kondakhor		Greece	Village	-	67 km
Thira		Greece	Village	-	67 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
Milos	MLO	unknown	Civ.	Paved	Yes	2600	30 km
Paros	PAS	unknown				0	70 km
Thira	JTR	38	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	71 km
Naxos	JNX	unknown				0	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Karavostasis		Greece	27 km
Milos Island	GRMLO	Greece	32 km
Voudhia Bay	GRKMS	Greece	32 km
Ormos Skala		Greece	45 km
Apollonia		Greece	50 km
Andimilios Island		Greece	51 km
Kamares		Greece	54 km
Ios		Greece	58 km
Nisos Ios		Greece	65 km
Thira	GRJTR	Greece	67 km
Lavardi		Greece	73 km
Koutalas		Greece	75 km
Paros		Greece	78 km

More information

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