M 5.5 in Dodecanese Islands, Greece on 28 Jun 2020 17:43 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: 5.5M
Depth: 62.26 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.7307 , 28.2514
Event Date: 28 Jun 2020 17:43 UTC
28 Jun 2020 20:43 Local
Exposed Population: About 5000 people in MMI
1030000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000adtk
Inserted at: 29 Jun 2020 17:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000adtk Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1318260 0 28 Jun 2020 17:43 5.5M, 62.26km 5.17 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 4.456 28 Jun 2020 18:07 00:24 (new episode)
2 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 4.945 28 Jun 2020 18:15 00:32 (upd of #1)
3 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 5.248 28 Jun 2020 18:41 00:57 (upd of #2)
4 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 5.117 28 Jun 2020 18:50 01:07 (upd of #3)
5 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 5.853 28 Jun 2020 19:01 01:17 (upd of #4)
6 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 5.667 28 Jun 2020 19:47 02:03 (upd of #5)
7 0 1318260 36.731/28.251 5.5 62.3 5.138 29 Jun 2020 17:47 1d 00:03 (upd of #6)
8 0 1318260 36.763/28.262 5.5 61.2 5.171 30 Jun 2020 14:58 1d 21:14 (upd of #7)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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