Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 29 Sep 2012 02:39 UTC

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M 4.2 in Greece on 29 Sep 2012 02:39 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.2M
Depth:	40 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.27 , 27.9
Event Date:	29 Sep 2012 02:39 UTC 29 Sep 2012 04:39 Local
Exposed Population:	About 18000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	29 Sep 2012 12:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
119923	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.2M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:03	EMSC
119924	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.2M, 2km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	EMSC
119925	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.2M, 60km	N/A	9 thousand (in 100km)	00:09	EMSC
119926	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.2M, 60km	N/A	8 thousand (in 100km)	00:11	EMSC
119927	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.5M, 60km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:14	EMSC
119928	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.5M, 72km	N/A	8 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	EMSC
119929	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.5M, 60km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:21	EMSC
119930	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.5M, 60km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:23	EMSC
119931	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.5M, 60km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	01:26	EMSC
119932	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.5M, 55km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	02:03	EMSC
119944	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.4M, 40km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	08:35	EMSC
119950	0.5	29 Sep 2012 02:39	4.2M, 40km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	10:18	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 Aegean Islands (population 456,800) .

Radius	Population
100 km	30000 people
75 km	9900 people
50 km	no 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	68 km
Essey	KSJ	10	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	90 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Karpathos Island	Greece	64 km
Lindos	Greece	75 km
Olimbos	Greece	77 km
Saria Island	Greece	77 km

More information

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