M 4.9 in Greece on 04 Dec 2012 18:59 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: 4.9M
Depth: 12.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.9348 , 23.0895
Event Date: 04 Dec 2012 18:59 UTC
04 Dec 2012 20:59 Local
Exposed Population:
400000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000e3zm
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2012 22:50 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e3zm 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
121257 0.5 04 Dec 2012 18:59 4.1M, 10km N/A 410 thousand (in 100km) 00:05 EMSC
121258 0.5 04 Dec 2012 18:59 4.5M, 10km N/A 410 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 EMSC
121259 0.5 04 Dec 2012 18:59 4.9M, 12.8km N/A 400 thousand (in 100km) 03:50 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 Peloponnisos (population 1,079,573) . The nearest places are Kallithea, and Paralia.

Radius Population
100 km 410000 people
75 km 160000 people
50 km 73000 people
20 km 5400 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Peloponnisos Greece 1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Paralia Lakonia Greece Village - 8 km
Kallithea Attiki Greece Major city 110000 people 126 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
Porto Kheli Alexion PKH unknown 43 km
Sparti SPJ 152 Civ. Paved No 3200 48 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Monemvasia Greece 26 km
Leonidhion Greece 32 km
Plitra Greece 33 km
Parapola Island Greece 37 km
Spetsai Greece 39 km

More information

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