M 5.1 in Greece on 17 Nov 2014 23:05 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 1043363
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 20.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.6527 , 23.397
Event Date: 17 Nov 2014 23:05 UTC
18 Nov 2014 01:05 Local
Exposed Population:
4376050 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2014 23:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NOAIG 0.3 0.3
2014woks 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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Latest media headlines

Greece Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles Athens 11/19/2014 1:16:00 PM.

Greece: Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles Athens. Wednesday 19th November, 2014. The United States Geological Survey said that a magnitude 5.4 earthquake has hit Athens, Greece. The epicenter of the quake was located south-west of Prokopion
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5.4-magnitude earthquake shakes Greece capital Athens 11/18/2014 5:06:00 PM.

Tuesday 18th November, 2014. ATHENS (AFP) - A strong 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook the Greek capital Athens early on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on its website. The quake was centred south-west of the town of P
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Greece: four earthquakes in Evia felt throughout Attica 11/18/2014 11:32:00 AM.

(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, NOVEMBER 18 - The Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory reported that four consecutive earthquakes occurred in the Gulf of Evia shortly after 1am on Tuesday morning, which were felt throughout Attica as reported
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Four late night earthquakes in Evia felt throughout Attica 11/18/2014 8:58:00 AM.

The four consecutive late-night tremors measured between 5.2 and 3.8 on the Richter scale Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory reported that four consecutive earthquakes occurred in the Gulf of Evi
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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 (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),