M 4.5 in Greece on 18 Sep 2018 05:04 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 1156956
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 80 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.45 , 24.55
Event Date: 18 Sep 2018 05:04 UTC
18 Sep 2018 07:04 Local
Exposed Population:
110000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2018 06:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
713480 Scaled population (vector) 4.42  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.61  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 66 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Greece earthquake ALERT: TWO earthquakes hit in FOUR minutes - holiday ... Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:54:00 +0200.

The quakes measuring 4.5 and 4.4 in magnitude struck at around 6am BST (8am local time), just four minutes apart. The first 53km south-west of Tympakion and the other 55km from Tympakion. Professor of Geology at the University of Athens, Ef
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MIL-OSI Translation: Roskosmos. Information about the conducted space ... Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:21:00 +0200.

MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russia – Source: Russia Federal Space. Roskosmos. Information on the conducted space imagery 18.09.2018 08: 50In August 2018, the State Corporation “Roskosmos” carried out a space survey of the territories of th
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Earthquake Jolts Patra, Western GreeceTue, 18 Sep 2018 08:55:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit 22 km (13.6 miles) southwest of Patra in western Greece early on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage. Professor of Geology at the University of Athens, Efthimios Lekkas, said that the quake hit
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Schedule announced for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch RelayThu, 13 Sep 2018 17:02:00 +0200.

FILE PHOTO - Workers and media members are seen at the construction site of the New National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, during a media opportunity in Tokyo, Japan July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato. 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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),