M 4.5 in Greece on 16 Aug 2022 16:34 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 39.2532 , 20.6164
Event Date: 16 Aug 2022 16:34 UTC
16 Aug 2022 19:34 Local
Exposed Population:
6 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000ibdc
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2022 17:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ibdc Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.58  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1457216 0 16 Aug 2022 16:34 4.5M, 10km 5.22 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:56 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Greece ,of Ipiros (population 12,931) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
6000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Ipiros Greece 15000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kanallaki Preveza Greece Village - 2 km
Mesopótamo Preveza Greece Village - 6 km
Glyki Greece Village - 9 km
Loùros Preveza Greece Village - 15 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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