M 5.3 in Greece on 24 Oct 2014 23:43 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1042028
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 1 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.92 , 21.13
Event Date: 24 Oct 2014 23:43 UTC
25 Oct 2014 02:43 Local
Exposed Population: 1090118 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Oct 2014 07:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.3 0.3
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=405605 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 125 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts western GreeceMon, 27 Oct 2014 19:10:00 +0100.


Greece's earthquake observatory said that a magnitude 5.2 earthquake has hit the country, reports Greek Reporter.

No injuries or damage were reported. The ...
5.2 magnitude earthquake in northern GreeceMon, 27 Oct 2014 11:01:00 +0100.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck northern Greece early Saturday, the country's earthquake observatory said, with no reports of victims or major damage, according to AFP. The tremor struck at 3:16 am ...
5.2 magnitude earthquake in northern GreeceSun, 26 Oct 2014 10:28:00 +0100.

The tremor struck at 3:16 am (0016 GMT), with its epicentre 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the northern town of Arta and 249 kilometres northeast of the capital Athens, according to the observatory.
5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Northern GreeceSat, 25 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0200.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale was registered in northern Greece, early Saturday.
The quake occurred at 3.16 a.m. some 20 km from the northwestern city of Arta, ...

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),