M 6.8 in Greece on 25 Oct 2018 22:54 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 1159936
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 14 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5055 , 20.5626
Event Date: 25 Oct 2018 22:54 UTC
25 Oct 2018 23:54 Local
Exposed Population: About 7000 people in MMI
230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Oct 2018 23:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.12 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.5 0.5
us1000hhb1 Scaled population (vector) 2.65 Max wave alert 0.12m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.54m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.69      
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Greece - 6.8 M Earthquake and Tsunami (ECHO 26 Oct 2018)Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:01

  • An earthquake of 6.4 ML at the depth of 9.1 km according to the Institute of Geodynamics of Greece occurred in the Ionian Sea (western Greece) on 25 October at 22:54 UTC. The epicentre was located 45 km south-west of Zakynthos Town (Zakynthos Island). Shaking was estimated to be up to very strong for 5 000 people and strong for 52 000 people.
  • The earthquake triggered a small tsunami detected by several sea-level instruments in the area (0.09 m in Kyparissia and Crotone, 0.06 m in Le Castella). The European Commission's Joint Research Centre is closely monitoring the situation.
  • As of 26 October, there are no reports of casualties. Some minor damage was sustained to port infrastructure in Zakynthos, there have been problems in the electricity network and small localised landslides.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),