M 4.8 in Greece on 01 Nov 2020 23:09 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 1242113
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.9744 , 21.5078
Event Date: 01 Nov 2020 23:09 UTC
02 Nov 2020 01:09 Local
Exposed Population:
1210000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Nov 2020 23:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000c93g Scaled population (vector) 5.88  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.61  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 703 | About casualties: 126 | Last hour: 0

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Indonesian Ngos Support Turkey's Quake VictimsThu, 05 Nov 2020 15:45:00 +0100.

By Pizaro Gozali Idrus Several humanitarian groups and Islamic organizations in Indonesia are providing relief to earthquake victims in Turkey's Aegean province Izmir. Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT), one of the largest NGOs in Indonesia, has been
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Turkey: STL Sit Rep and Needs Izmir Earthquake V2, 6 Nov 2020Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:31:00 +0100.

1. Situation overview. A magnitude 6.61 earthquake struck the Southern Aegean Sea on 30 October at around 14:50 local time (11:50 GMT). In addition to Turkey, the earthquake has affected Bulgaria, Greece, and North Macedonia. In Turkey, the
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The earthquake that struck Turkey and Greece left 51 m …Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:28:00 +0100.

51 deaths were confirmed after the earthquake that hit Turkey and Greece on Friday, while new aftershocks are registered . According to a new balance from the Emergency and Disaster Management Agency (AFAD), the chance of finding survivors
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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),