M 4.8 in Greece on 19 Apr 2026 07:04 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1536188
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.861 , 25.8633
Event Date: 19 Apr 2026 07:04 UTC
19 Apr 2026 10:04 Local
Exposed Population:
30 thousand in MMI>=IV
Inserted at: 19 Apr 2026 07:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sr9u Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),