M 4.8 in Greece on 07 Aug 2013 13:44 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 1001623
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 0.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.6882 , 22.6605
Event Date: 07 Aug 2013 13:44 UTC
07 Aug 2013 16:44 Local
Exposed Population:
1335326 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Aug 2013 15:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 288 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Agencia de ONU dice que vigila planta de Fukushima y está pronta para ... Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:03:00 +0200.

VIENA, 9 ago - La agencia de energía atómica de la ONU sigue de cerca la filtración de agua radiactiva de la dañada planta nuclear de Fukushima, en Japón, al océano y está pronta para ayudar si se lo solicitan, dijo el organismo el viernes.
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Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, govt joins clean-upFri, 09 Aug 2013 18:02:00 +0200.

Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up.
Atomkraftwerk - Fukushima: Warum nun doch niemand Schuld hatFri, 09 Aug 2013 17:52:00 +0200.

Lecke Leitungen, tonnenweise verstrahltes Wasser, eingebrannter hochradioaktiver Abfall - aber keine strafrechtliche Verfolgung der Offiziellen
Japan's Gov't To Aid Tepco In Fukushima Leak ContainmentFri, 09 Aug 2013 16:42:00 +0200.

The buildup of radioactive water at the plant has become a serious problem, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will order the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to take significant measures to support Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),