M 4.9 in Greece on 04 Dec 2012 18:59 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 121257
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 12.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.9348 , 23.0895
Event Date: 04 Dec 2012 18:59 UTC
04 Dec 2012 20:59 Local
Exposed Population:
400000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2012 22:50 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e3zm 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: 118 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami waves amplified by buildings study showsTue, 04 Dec 2012 23:32:00 +0100.

city in miniature to model the way a tsunami crashes onshore, and have found that buildings can exacerbate the oncoming rush of water. The findings, presented yesterday (Dec. 3) at the ...
Trei echipe din Vrancea participă la Cupa de Crăciun la minifotbalTue, 04 Dec 2012 23:20:00 +0100.

Trei echipe de minifotbal din Liga de minifotbal amator din Vrancea vor participa la Oneşti la prima ediţie a Cupei de Crăciun.
Trei echipe din Vrancea participă la Cupa de Crăciun la minifotbalTue, 04 Dec 2012 23:16:00 +0100.

Trei echipe de minifotbal din Liga de minifotbal amator din Vrancea vor participa la Oneşti la prima ediţie a Cupei de Crăciun.
Buildings can amplify tsunami wavesTue, 04 Dec 2012 23:00:00 +0100.

SAN FRANCISCO Scientists have re-created an entire city in miniature to model the way a tsunami crashes onshore, and have found that buildings can exacerbate the oncoming rush of water. ...

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