M 4.5 in Greece on 17 Feb 2013 16:48 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 122769
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.8016 , 21.4398
Event Date: 17 Feb 2013 16:48 UTC
17 Feb 2013 18:48 Local
Exposed Population:
1530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Feb 2013 17:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2013ltav 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Cérémonie commémorative nationale pour les victimes du tsunami 2/21/2013 4:27:00 PM.

C'est hier à 11 heures que s'est déroulée cette cérémonie organisée par le ministère de l'Intérieur avec l'aide de plusieurs églises et écoles des îles Salomon.
L'aide s'achemine tant bien que mal aux îles Salomon 2/21/2013 4:27:00 PM.

Des incidents se multiplient et la police s'inquiète. Des villageois perturbent l'acheminement de l'aide.
Japon : ils reçoivent des lingots d’or dans des colis anonymes 2/21/2013 4:17:00 PM.

A l’approche du deuxième anniversaire du monstrueux tsunami de mars 2011, le patron du marché aux poissons d’Ishinomaki, ville portuaire du nord-est ...
New Zealand's slow quake recovery shows rich struggle 2/21/2013 4:15:00 PM.

Two years after an earthquake devastated New Zealand's second largest city, killing 185 and rattling Phil Thompson's suburban house off its foundations, the 65-year-old retiree still lives in a cramped trailer home parked on the incongruous
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),