M 4.1 in Greece on 20 Oct 2012 01:09 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: 4.1M
Depth: 3 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.55 , 28.22
Event Date: 20 Oct 2012 01:09 UTC
20 Oct 2012 04:09 Local
Exposed Population:
830000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2012 19:34 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
120326 0.5 20 Oct 2012 01:09 4M, 3km N/A 830 thousand (in 100km) 00:13 EMSC
120334 0.5 20 Oct 2012 01:09 4.1M, 3km N/A 830 thousand (in 100km) 18:24 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 830000 people
75 km 400000 people
50 km 200000 people
20 km 83000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Greece Aegean Islands 460000 people
Turkey Mugla 610000 people
Turkey Denizli 820000 people
Turkey Antalya 1.2 million people
Turkey Aydin 900000 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
Diagoras RHO 4 Civ. Paved Yes 10600 19 km
Maritsa 62 Civ. Paved No 7800 20 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Rhodes GRRHO Greece 14 km
Simi Island Greece 31 km
Marmaris TRMRM Turkey 35 km
Aksaz Turkey 36 km

More information

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