M 4.6 in Greece from 12 Aug 2007 11:20 UTC to 11:20

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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.51 , 20.1
Event Date: 12 Aug 2007 11:20 UTC
12 Aug 2007 14:20 Local
Exposed Population:
670000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2007 13:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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
29465 0.5 12 Aug 2007 11:20 4.6M, 10km N/A 670 thousand (in 100km) 02:37 EMSC
29472 0.5 12 Aug 2007 11:20 4.8M, 0km N/A 620 thousand (in 100km) 04:48 NEIC
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 Ionian Islands (population 192,059) . The nearest places are and Levkímmi.

Radius Population
100 km 660000 people
75 km 440000 people
50 km 210000 people
20 km 39000 people
10 km 5800 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Greece Ionian Islands 190000 people
Greece Ipiros 340000 people
Albania Sarande 93000 people
Albania Gjirokaster 70000 people
Albania Vlore -
Albania Permet 42000 people
Albania Tepelene 54000 people
Albania Kolonje 26000 people
Greece Central Greece and Evvoia -
Greece Thessalia 730000 people
Albania Skrapar 50000 people
Greece Macedonia 2.3 million people
Albania Fier 260000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Levkímmi Kerkyra Greece Village - 8 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
I. Kapodistrias CFU 2 Civ. Paved Yes 7700 19 km
Ioannina IOA 476 Civ. Paved Yes 7800 68 km
Gjirokaster 203 68 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Igoumenitsa GRIGO Greece 15 km
Kerkyra (Corfu) GRCFU Greece 20 km

More information

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