M 4.5 in Greece on 08 May 2020 23:36 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: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.7864 , 25.5857
Event Date: 08 May 2020 23:36 UTC
09 May 2020 01:36 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70009cxt
Inserted at: 08 May 2020 23:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009cxt Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1309403 0 08 May 2020 23:36 4.5M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 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 Crete (population 537,807) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Crete Greece 540000 people
Tubruq Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 94000 people
Aegean Islands Greece 460000 people
Marsa Matruh Egypt 190000 people
Darnah Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 110000 people
Al Jabal al Akhdar Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 460000 people
Central Greece and Evvoia Greece -
Mugla Turkey 610000 people
Peloponnisos Greece 1.1 million people
Ajdabiya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 100000 people
Al Fatih Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 100000 people
Aydin Turkey 900000 people
Antalya Turkey 1.2 million people
Denizli Turkey 820000 people
Izmir Turkey 2.9 million people
Banghazi Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 850000 people
Al Iskandariyah Egypt 3.5 million people
Burdur Turkey 280000 people
Al Buhayrah Egypt 2.1 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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