M 4.8 in Greece on 23 Oct 2012 15:20 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 120400
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 15 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.97 , 20.62
Event Date: 23 Oct 2012 15:20 UTC
23 Oct 2012 18:20 Local
Exposed Population:
670000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2012 06:14 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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: 173 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Costa Rica: puissant séisme de magnitude 6,6, pas de victimesWed, 24 Oct 2012 08:08:00 +0200.

Un séisme de magnitude 6,6 a frappé mardi le Costa Rica, mais sans déclencher de tsunami ni faire de victimes, a annoncé l'Institut de géophysique américain (USGS).
Erdbeben erschütterte Costa RicaWed, 24 Oct 2012 08:05:00 +0200.

Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6,5 hat gestern (Ortszeit) Costa Rica erschüttert. Das Epizentrum habe 136 Kilometer westlich der Hauptstadt San Jose gelegen, teilte die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS mit. Berichte über mögliche Opfer oder Schäden lagen nac
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Kostariku zasiahlo silné zemetrasenie, tsunami nehrozíWed, 24 Oct 2012 08:02:00 +0200.

SAN JOSÉ - Obyvateľov Kostariky v utorok večer prekvapilo silné zemetrasenie, ktoré si však podľa predbežných informácií nevyžiadalo žiadne obete na životoch alebo väčšie materiálne škody.
Terremoto de magnitude 6,6 atinge a Costa RicaWed, 24 Oct 2012 07:54:00 +0200.

Um forte terremoto de magnitude 6,6 atingiu a Costa Rica nesta terça-feira, de acordo com o Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos (USGS, na sigla em in

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),