M 5.5 in Greece on 04 Mar 2021 19:23 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 1258641
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.8802 , 21.9798
Event Date: 04 Mar 2021 19:23 UTC
04 Mar 2021 21:23 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
1290000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2021 17:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dfld Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 197 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

World Earthquake Report for Monday, 8 March 2021Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:50:00 +0100.

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nearly 900 houses uninhabitable after the earthquakeMon, 08 Mar 2021 06:10:00 +0100.

Nearly 900 houses are considered uninhabitable after the earthquake that hit central Greece in mid-week, where strong aftershocks fueled fear among residents seeking shelter. Read also : New earthquake in central Greece, magnitude 5.9. The
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Greece: nearly 900 houses uninhabitable after the earthquakeSun, 07 Mar 2021 19:56:00 +0100.

Nearly 900 houses are considered uninhabitable after the earthquake that hit central Greece in mid-week, where strong aftershocks fueled fear among residents seeking shelter. • Read also: New earthquake in Greece: hundreds of people out of
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Greece with almost 900 uninhabitable homes after earthquake – EuropeSun, 07 Mar 2021 13:40:00 +0100.

Nearly 900 houses were considered uninhabitable this Sunday after the earthquake that hit central Greece in the middle of the week and whose strong aftershocks fueled the fear of the inhabitants seeking shelter. The two tremors of magnitude
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),