Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 16 Apr 2015 18:07 UTC

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M 6 in Greece on 16 Apr 2015 18:07 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:	6.0M
Depth:	20 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.1401 , 26.8208
Event Date:	16 Apr 2015 18:07 UTC 16 Apr 2015 20:07 Local
Exposed Population:	About 64000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	16 Apr 2015 23:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1076346	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 10km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:03	NOAIG
1076348	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 2km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:05	EMSC
1076350	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 22.1km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:12	KOERI
1076354	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 48km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:19	EMSC
1076355	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 20.86km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:21	NEIC
1076356	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 25km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)	00:28	EMSC
1076357	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6.1M, 36.8km	N/A	40 thousand (in 100km)	00:29	NOAIG
1076431	16 Apr 2015 18:07	6M, 20km	5.02	60 thousand (in 100km)	05:11	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 ,of Aegean Islands (population 2,936) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	1300 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1076431	35.14/26.821	6	20	5.02	17 Oct 2016 10:29	549d 16:22	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Aegean Islands	Greece	2900 people
	Crete	Greece	190000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ayía Marína	Dodekanisos	Greece	City	-	32 km
Arkasa	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	46 km
Menetes	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	50 km
Káto Zákros	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	52 km
Piles	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	52 km
Palaíkastron	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	52 km
Vái	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	53 km
Kárpathos	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	54 km
Pigadhia	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	54 km
Zákros	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	55 km
Volada	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	55 km
Mesoknorion	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	61 km
Ayía Fotiá	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	61 km
Ziros	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	66 km
Sitia	Lasithi	Greece	City	12000 people	66 km
Gaïdhourás		Greece	Village	-	68 km
Praisós	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	69 km
Skopi Kriti		Greece	Village	-	71 km
Skopi	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	73 km
Olimbos	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	74 km
Dhiafánion	Dodekanisos	Greece	Village	-	77 km
Mouliana Kriti		Greece	Village	-	77 km
Makriyialos		Greece	Village	-	78 km
Koutsouras		Greece	Village	-	80 km
Sfáka	Lasithi	Greece	Village	-	80 km
Chiglio		Greece	Village	-	84 km
Argos		Greece	Village	-	92 km
Goúrnai	Irakleio	Greece	Village	-	142 km
Elaia	Irakleio	Greece	Village	-	146 km
Nea Alikarnassos	Irakleio	Greece	Village	-	152 km
Heraklion	Irakleio	Greece	Major city	130000 people	155 km
Iraklion	Irakleio	Greece	Major city	130000 people	155 km

see full list

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
Essey	KSJ	10	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	32 km
Karpathos	AOK	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	43 km
Sitia	JSH	122	Civ.	Paved	No	2300	66 km
N. Kazantzakis	HER	35	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8900	151 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kasos Island		Greece	24 km
Karpathos Island		Greece	55 km
Sitia	GRJSH	Greece	64 km
Olimbos		Greece	75 km
Saria Island		Greece	88 km
Dia Island		Greece	147 km
Iraklion	GRHER	Greece	154 km

More information

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