M 6.6 in Greece on 02 May 2020 12:51 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 1216350
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 16.99 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.2045 , 25.7124
Event Date: 02 May 2020 12:51 UTC
02 May 2020 14:51 Local
Exposed Population: About 3000 people in MMI
About 32000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 May 2020 14:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.16 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
us700098qd Scaled population (raster) 0.7 Max wave alert 0.11m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.11m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.69      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 26 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake with preliminary 6.6 magnitude hits Crete Evening StandardSun, 03 May 2020 06:06:00 +0200.

© Provided by Evening Standard. An earthquake with a reported magnitude of 6.6 has taken place south of the Greek island of Crete. The US Geological Survey said the Saturday afternoon quake was centered in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth o
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02 May 2020 -Strong Earthquake in Crete, Greece on 02 May 2020 at 8.51 ... Sun, 03 May 2020 05:11:00 +0200.

JMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23B Our Ref.: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.16(64 ) PRESS RELEASE Strong Earthquake in Crete, Greece A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred near Crete at 8:51pm (Malaysian Local Time) on 2 May 2020 . Th
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Strong earthquake strikes off Crete Island in Greece, no casualties re ... Sun, 03 May 2020 05:11:00 +0200.

. Strong earthquake strikes off Crete Island in Greece, no casualties reported The last deadly quake occurred in the island of Kos in the Aegean Sea in July 2017. The 6.7-magnitude quake killed two people. world Updated: May 02, 2020 22:43
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6.0 earthquake shakes Mediterranean Sea south of CreteSun, 03 May 2020 04:51:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck on the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete. No damage or injuries were reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake occurred Saturday at 3:51 p.m. local time (1251 GMT) and
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),