M 2.7 in Greece on 29 Jul 2013 08:55 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 2.7M
Depth: 2.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.6557 , 24.590699999999998
Event Date: 29 Jul 2013 08:55 UTC
29 Jul 2013 11:55 Local
Exposed Population:
634345 people within 100km
Source: KOERI 2013072985549.
Inserted at: 29 Jul 2013 09:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
KOERI 0 0
2013072985549. Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1001000 0 29 Jul 2013 08:55 2.7M, 2.9km N/A 630 thousand (in 100km) 00:14 KOERI
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Greece , Region of Macedonia (population 2,267,051) . The nearest places are Thessalon�ki, and Limenaria.

Radius Population
100 km 630000 people
75 km 360000 people
50 km 160000 people
20 km 6600 people
10 km 4200 people
5 km 2000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Macedonia Greece 2.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Limenaria Kavala Greece Village - 2 km
Thessalon�ki Thessaloniki Greece Major city 350000 people 137 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Megas Alexandros KVA 5 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 29 km
Migdhaleon 62 Mil. Paved No 5100 41 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Limenaria Greece 3 km
Thasos GRTSO Greece 19 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Platanovryssi Nestos 1997 77 km
Thissavros Nestos 1996 80 km

More information

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