M 5.4 in Greece from 04 Apr 2014 20:08 UTC to 20:08

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1028968
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 94.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.1811 , 23.7246
Event Date: 04 Apr 2014 20:08 UTC
04 Apr 2014 23:08 Local
Exposed Population:
3500014 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2014 20:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NOAIG -0.5 -0.5
2014gplq Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Riviera earthquake 'is a warning to France' 4/8/2014 2:15:00 PM.

After parts of Provence and the Riviera were hit by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake on Monday night a specialist tells The Local an even bigger quake is due to hit the region at some point "and there will be casualties". Locals should take heed,
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Seismologists: The 5.4 Richter earthquake was the main one in Hydra 4/6/2014 10:03:00 AM.

The seismologist of the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, Thanasis Ganas, appeared soothing and clear commenting on the earthquake of 5.4 Richter, as he said that the one on Friday night southeast of Hydra, was the
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21 injured, over 20,000 relocated after earthquake in southwest of Chi.. 4/5/2014 10:02:00 PM.

At least 21 people were injured and more than 20,000 people temporarily relocated from damaged houses as a result of a 5.3-point earthquake in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan on Saturday, April 5. Reports from the Yongshan Coun
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5.6 magnitude earthquake hits Greece 4/5/2014 9:37:00 PM.

Greece has been rattled by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6. The tremors were felt at 11.08pm local time. The epicentre was in the south-eastern island of Hydra, just 89 kms away ...

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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 (40), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),