M 6 in Greece on 16 Apr 2015 18:07 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 1052134
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
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 401 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Japon: avis de tsunami levé, après un fort séisme à l'extrême-sud du J ... Mon, 20 Apr 2015 06:14:00 +0200.

(Belga) Un avis de tsunami émis lundi matin pour des îles du sud du Japon a été levé peu de temps après, a indiqué l'Agence nippone de météorologie. Aucun raz-de-marée n'a finalement été mesuré après un séisme de magnitude 6,8, a indiqué la
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Tsunami warning after 6.6 magnitude quake in JapanMon, 20 Apr 2015 06:13:00 +0200.

Tokyo: A tsunami as big as one metre (three feet) was reportedly forecast to hit islands in Japan´s far south Monday after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Taiwan. National broadcaster NHK said waves were possible on several is
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Tsunami Warning after 6.6 Magnitude Quake in JapanMon, 20 Apr 2015 06:13:00 +0200.

One man died and another was hospitalized Monday in a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan that also set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked a short-lived tsunami warning in far southwestern Japan. Japanese forecasters
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Japon: avis de tsunami levé sur des îles du sud de l'archipel ÂMon, 20 Apr 2015 06:12:00 +0200.

Un avis de tsunami émis lundi matin pour des îles du sud du Japon a été levé peu de temps après, a indiqué l'Agence nippone de météorologie. Aucun tsunami n'a finalement été mesuré, a indiqué la même source, bien que des infor
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),