M 4.3 in Greece on 09 Oct 2012 00:41 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: 4.3M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.41 , 27.86
Event Date: 09 Oct 2012 00:41 UTC
09 Oct 2012 02:41 Local
Exposed Population:
About 30000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 09 Oct 2012 05:51 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120108 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.2M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:05 EMSC
120109 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.2M, 2km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:07 EMSC
120110 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.2M, 15km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:12 EMSC
120112 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.2M, 40km N/A 5 thousand (in 100km) 00:29 EMSC
120113 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.1M, 40km N/A 5 thousand (in 100km) 00:35 EMSC
120114 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.3M, 40km N/A 6 thousand (in 100km) 00:37 EMSC
120115 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.3M, 15km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 00:45 EMSC
120116 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.3M, 10km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 01:03 EMSC
120119 0.5 09 Oct 2012 00:41 4.3M, 20km N/A 30 thousand (in 100km) 05:10 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 19000 people
75 km 6500 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 61 km
Essey KSJ 10 Civ. Paved No 3200 83 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Karpathos Island Greece 60 km
Olimbos Greece 77 km

More information

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