M 4.8 in Aegean Sea on 01 Feb 2021 05:46 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 1254009
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.9633 , 26.0739
Event Date: 01 Feb 2021 05:46 UTC
01 Feb 2021 07:46 Local
Exposed Population:
950000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Feb 2021 06:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ddkk Scaled population (vector) 5.59  
  C1 earthquake 1.37  
  C2 earthquake -0.11  
  Country Vulnerability 0.27  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 29 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

1 killed, 1 missing as heavy rain floods Turkish provinceTue, 02 Feb 2021 17:58:00 +0100.

Turkey's state media say one person was killed and a second person is reported missing after heavy rains and flash floods struck the Turkish Aegean coastal province of Izmir. ANKARA, Turkey -- Heavy rains and flash floods struck the Turkis
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Island of Lesvos jolted by quakesTue, 02 Feb 2021 01:22:00 +0100.

TAGS: Earthquake The northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos was jolted by a series of earthquakes on Monday that began in the morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the
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A 4.3-magnitude earthquake strikes 69 kilometers east of Chipping, Zim ... Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:18:00 +0100.

17:15 PM | By: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR. 4.3 Earthquake 2021-02-01 18:55:31 SAST (GMT + 02: 00) The CGS reported a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in Zimbabwe near Chipinge, Manicaland, just 17 minutes ago. The earthquake struck early in the evening of M
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New moderate tremor hits LesvosMon, 01 Feb 2021 19:10:00 +0100.

TAGS: Earthquake A fifth earthquake with a magnitude above 4.0 struck the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre gave a reading of 4.7. The lates
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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),