M 4.6 in Greece on 22 Jul 2021 16:49 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 1278274
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 22.38 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.829 , 20.6589
Event Date: 22 Jul 2021 16:49 UTC
22 Jul 2021 19:49 Local
Exposed Population:
930000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jul 2021 17:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Albania)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Albania= 4.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ey1q Scaled population (vector) 5.91  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Latest media headlines

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Strong undersea quake shakes Indonesia; no tsunami warning2021-07-26T16:45+0200.

PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow underwater earthquake shook central Indonesia on Monday but no serious damage was immediately reported and no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.2 quake was c
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6.2-magnitude Quake Strikes Off Indonesia's Sulawesi: USGS2021-07-26T16:27+0200.

NNA - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The strong quake hit offshore at a de
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Strong undersea quake shakes Indonesia; no tsunami warning2021-07-26T16:24+0200.

PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow underwater earthquake shook central Indonesia on Monday but no serious damage was immediately reported and no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.2 quake was c
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),