M 4.5 in Greece on 08 Dec 2018 18:59 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 1164787
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 19.52 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.1552 , 26.0538
Event Date: 08 Dec 2018 18:59 UTC
08 Dec 2018 20:59 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2018 20:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000i551 Scaled population (vector) 3.19  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.61  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 20 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Hurricanes, Floods and Wildfires: 2018’s Extreme Weather in PicturesTue, 11 Dec 2018 04:30:00 +0100.

Wild weather dominated the headlines in 2018. As early as January, the east coast of America was bitten by sub-zero weather conditions, breaking the record for the lowest temperatures in some areas. A powerful blizzard deposited a foot of s
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2018’s Extreme Weather in PicturesMon, 10 Dec 2018 17:33:00 +0100.

Wild weather dominated the headlines in 2018. As early as January, the east coast of America was bitten by sub-zero weather conditions, breaking the record for the lowest temperatures in some areas. A powerful blizzard deposited a foot of s
...(more)
First online maps showing earthquake risk include GreeceMon, 10 Dec 2018 16:45:00 +0100.

The first online maps displaying "global seismic hazard" include Greece, pointing to a heightened risk of temblors in Attica. The maps, which were released last week, are the culmination of years of work coordinated by the Global Earthquake
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In New Caledonia there was a danger of a tsunami because of the earthq ... Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:02:00 +0100.

After a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 near New Caledonia, the region can cover the tsunami. According to the USGS, the focus of the earthquake was 168 km on Southeast from Tadin. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the depth of 10
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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),