M 4.9 in Greece from 18 Aug 2017 03:46 UTC to 03:46

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1119511
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.9 , 24.05
Event Date: 18 Aug 2017 03:46 UTC
18 Aug 2017 06:46 Local
Exposed Population:
270000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2017 03:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0.1
612650 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 510 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

'Face the Islamic tsunami'Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:22:00 +0200.

Ex-Muslim TV this week held a conference to consolidate the worldwide movement of ex-Muslims that has grown and thrived in recent years. At the conference, a Jordanian ex-Muslim warns that a "tsunami" of Islam is headed to the Western world
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Porto de Paranaguá parou de operar por causa de recuo do mar? Não é ve ... Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:43:00 +0200.

O Porto de Paranagua acabou de parar de operar. Tem muitos professores de oceanografia tentando entender o que está havendo. Moçada, está ocorrendo um fenômeno muito estranho com os oceanos. O mar abaixou muito mais que o normal e não retor
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Especialistas de México y Japón estudian zona sísmica en ZihuatanejoMon, 21 Aug 2017 20:27:00 +0200.

México, 21 Ago (Notimex).- Científicos de México y Japón trabajan de la mano para elaborar un mapa tridimensional de Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, el cual permitirá simular una eventual inundación por tsunami y la evacuación de su población. Lo an
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Legătura neştiută dintre CUTREMURE şi ECLIPSE. Cercetătorii sunt alert ... Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:17:00 +0200.

Riscul producerii cutremurelor este mai mare în momentele de Lună Plină şi Lună Nouă, scriu în „Nature Geoscience“ cercetători japonezi. Când Pâmântul, Luna şi Soarele sunt aliniate, aşa cum se întâmplă când are loc Luna Plină şi Luna Nouă,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),