Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece from 11 Nov 2018 22:03 UTC to 22:03

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M 4 in Greece from 11 Nov 2018 22:03 UTC to 22:03

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:	4.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.7063 , 20.4513
Event Date:	11 Nov 2018 22:03 UTC 11 Nov 2018 23:03 Local
Exposed Population:	220000 people within 100km
Source:	NOAIG 2018wdjq
Inserted at:	11 Nov 2018 22:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0		0
2018wdjq	Scaled population (vector)	5.13
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.61
	INFORM_normalised	0.69

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1236429	11 Nov 2018 22:03	4M, 10km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	NOAIG
1236431	11 Nov 2018 22:03	4.6M, 10km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)	00:17	NEIC
1236432	11 Nov 2018 22:03	4.6M, 2km	N/A	180 thousand (in 100km)	00:22	EMSC
1236436	11 Nov 2018 22:03	4.6M, 5km	N/A	190 thousand (in 100km)	01:01	EMSC

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 Katastárion, Volimais, Khartáta, Skinária, Lithakiá, Kerion, Planos, Sakynthos, Zákinthos, Vasilikó, and Neokhori.

Radius	Population
100 km	220000 people
75 km	100000 people
50 km	48000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ionian Islands	Greece	190000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Katastárion	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	26 km
Volimais	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	26 km
Khartáta	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	30 km
Skinária	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	32 km
Lithakiá	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	32 km
Kerion		Greece	Village	<1000 people	32 km
Planos	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	-	37 km
Sakynthos		Greece	Village	-	38 km
Zákinthos	Zakynthos	Greece	Village	12000 people	40 km
Vasilikó		Greece	Village	-	47 km
Valsamáta		Greece	Village	-	49 km
Argostoli		Greece	Village	-	50 km
Skala	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	51 km
Argostólion	Kefallinia	Greece	City	8200 people	52 km
Mikháta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	54 km
Lixoúrion	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	3200 people	55 km
Poros	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	57 km
Dhilináta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	58 km
Pouláta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	60 km
Vilatória	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	60 km
Loutrá Killínis		Greece	Village	-	61 km
Kardakáta	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	-	64 km
Sámi	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	65 km
Killíni		Greece	Village	-	66 km
Athéras	Kefallinia	Greece	Village	<1000 people	68 km
Vartholomión	Ileia	Greece	Village	3200 people	68 km
Neokhori	Ileia	Greece	Village	-	70 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
Zakinthos	ZTH	4	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7200	38 km
Argostolion	EFL	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8000	46 km
Andravida	PYR	17	Mil.	Paved	Yes	10100	78 km
Araxos	GPA	15	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Keri		Greece	32 km
Zante	GRZAN	Greece	40 km
Zakinthos		Greece	41 km
Argos (Argolis)	GRARG	Greece	53 km
Cephalonia Island		Greece	60 km
Sami		Greece	64 km
Killini		Greece	67 km
Assos		Greece	70 km
Ithaca	GRITH	Greece	74 km
Katakolon	GRKAK	Greece	77 km
Ithaki		Greece	77 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Pinios Ilias	Pinios Ilias	1968	90 km

More information

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