M 4.9 in Cyprus on 29 Oct 2018 12:09 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 1160389
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.4609 , 33.4706
Event Date: 29 Oct 2018 12:09 UTC
29 Oct 2018 14:09 Local
Exposed Population:
1080000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2018 12:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.7 (Cyprus)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hihb Scaled population (vector) 5.82  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.71  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Zakynthos Island; Rattles GreeceFri, 26 Oct 2018 07:00:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake rattled the Greek tourist island of Zakynthos and almost all of western Greece in the Ionian Sea at 1:54 local time on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6.8 magnitude quake was 35.9 kilometers (22.3 miles) sout
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NASA Space Apps Challenge begins in NicosiaSat, 20 Oct 2018 15:28:00 +0200.

By Athena Arsalidou. The local competition of the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018 began on Saturday in Nicosia in the presence of NASA Chief scientist James Green. During the 48-hour competition, which was brought to Nicosia by the Cyprus Sp
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NASA chief scientist to mentor Cypriot teams at NASA Space Apps Challe ... Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:56:00 +0200.

In statements to CNA, CSEO President George Danos said that “NASA Space Apps is back in Cyprus and the NASA Chief Scientist will mentor our teams in their projects. That is an outstanding opportunity for Cyprus. When we first started Space
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National BusinessWed, 10 Oct 2018 14:25:00 +0200.

Turkish media have published images of an alleged 15-member Saudi "assassination squad" and video of suspicious movements at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul following journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance a week ago. A new poll finds
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),