M 4.5 in Greece on 15 May 2016 21:27 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 1086360
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 16 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.69 , 23.02
Event Date: 15 May 2016 21:27 UTC
16 May 2016 00:27 Local
Exposed Population:
272831 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2016 22:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=506695 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: 1200 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

Werd Mars miljarden jaren geleden getroffen door 120 meter hoge tsunam ... Thu, 19 May 2016 20:46:00 +0200.

Door: redactie 19/05/16 - 20u37 Bron: ANP Een recent NASA-beeld van Mars. © ap. Wetenschap De planeet Mars is miljarden jaren geleden mogelijk getroffen door twee enorme tsunami's. De golven zouden 120 meter hoog zijn geweest en honderden k
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Gigantescos tsunamis esculpiram a superfície de MarteThu, 19 May 2016 20:23:00 +0200.

As descobertas, assentes no mapeamento geológico do planeta, podem fornecer novas pistas para a investigação sobre a existência de vida. Também sustentam a teoria de que cheias em grande escala ocorridas há 3,4 mil milhões de anos transform
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Marte, tsunami giganti sul pianeta rosso Corriere della SeraThu, 19 May 2016 20:23:00 +0200.

La superficie di Marte venne spazzata in tempi remoti da enormi ondate, alte fino a 120 metri in alcune zone e 50 metri in media, causate da giganteschi tsunami provocati dall’impatto di asteroidi sul pianeta rosso. Avvenne 3,4 miliardi di
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Hawaii scholars study chances of giant Alaska quake, tsunamiThu, 19 May 2016 19:49:00 +0200.

HONOLULU (AP) — A new study by University of Hawaii researchers says there’s a 9 percent chance that an earthquake measuring magnitude 9 or greater will strike Alaska’s Aleutian Islands within the next 50 years and send large tsunami waves
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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),