M 4.6 in Crete, Greece on 13 May 2022 07:31 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 1322368
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.1979 , 26.1568
Event Date: 13 May 2022 07:31 UTC
13 May 2022 09:31 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 13 May 2022 08:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hksp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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A 3.9 magnitude earthquake occurred six kilometers west of Arkalochori. The earthquake that occurred at 12:57 was superficial and was particularly felt. Its focal depth was only 10.8 kilometers. According to the first information, no damage
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The earthquake that occurred at 12:57 was superficial and was particularly noticeable.
Crete: Earthquake in Arkalochori felt in Heraklion 4/18/2022 1:07:00 PM.

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake occurred six kilometers west of Arkalochori. The earthquake that occurred at 12:57 was superficial and was particularly felt. Its focal depth was only 10.8 kilometers. According to the first information, no damage
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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), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),