M 4.5 Off-shore on 24 Sep 2016 10:47 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 1094608
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 85 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.79 , 147.91
Event Date: 24 Sep 2016 10:47 UTC
24 Sep 2016 20:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Sep 2016 11:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC n.a n.a
532946 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: 481 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake hits Greek coast, no damage reportedWed, 28 Sep 2016 10:53:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Greek coast 34 km (21 miles) south southwest of Kalamata on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. "No damage was reported ... Children are of course out in the school yards," Panayiotis Nikas, the mayor
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Earthquake strikes southern Greece; no injuries, damageWed, 28 Sep 2016 10:52:00 +0200.

ATHENS, Greece — The Athens Geodynamic Institute says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 has struck off the southern coast of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. No damage or injuries were reported immediately. The U.S. Geologi
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11h41 Tremblement de terre sur la côte grecque (Reuters)Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:48:00 +0200.

Un tremblement de terre d'une magnitude de 5 sur l'échelle de Richter a frappé mercredi matin la côte grecque près de Kalamata, dans le Péloponnèse, à 200 km environ au sud-ouest d'Athènes. Contacté par téléphone par Reuters, le maire de la
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Earthquake hits Greek coast near Kalamata, no damage reportedWed, 28 Sep 2016 10:46:00 +0200.

A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Greek coast 34km south south-west of Kalamata on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. “No damage was reported … Children are of course out in the school yards,” Panayiotis Nikas, the mayor of the southe
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),