M 4.9 in Crete, Greece on 04 Oct 2014 12:27 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 1040834
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 48.69 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.1 , 26.24
Event Date: 04 Oct 2014 12:27 UTC
04 Oct 2014 15:27 Local
Exposed Population:
142673 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Oct 2014 13:00 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 192 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Indeci realizará mañana simulacro nocturno de sismo y tsunamiWed, 08 Oct 2014 12:21:00 +0200.

Con el fin de conocer la capacidad de respuesta de la población y autoridades ante un eventual sismo de gran magnitud, el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (Indeci) realizará mañana un simulacro nocturno a las 8:00 pm. a nivel nacional. E
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Cartas al DirectorWed, 08 Oct 2014 11:52:00 +0200.

Imacec = terremoto + tsunami . Señor Director: El último Indicador Mensual de Actividad Económica (Imacec) publicado por el Banco Central, correspondiente al mes de agosto recién pasado, indica un exiguo crecimiento de 0,3 % anual. Esta cif
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50 Jahre Olympische Spiele Tokio: Symbol des WiederaufstiegsWed, 08 Oct 2014 08:50:00 +0200.

Im Jahr 2020 wird Tokio zum zweiten Mal Olympische Sommerspiele organisieren. Diese sollen Japan wie 1964 die Wende zum Besseren bringen. Das Land hat sich vom Erdbeben und vom Tsunami vom März 2011 noch nicht erholt.
New Wellington fault line could produce 7.1 quakeWed, 08 Oct 2014 05:47:00 +0200.

A newly discovered active fault line along Wellington's harbour could result in a large quake for the city, scientists say.The Aotea Fault so far measured 2km long and ran from Oriental Parade to Westpac Stadium,

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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),