M 5.2 in Greece on 03 Aug 2021 12:38 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 1279963
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.357 , 27.0363
Event Date: 03 Aug 2021 12:38 UTC
03 Aug 2021 15:38 Local
Exposed Population:
230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Aug 2021 12:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000f1u4 Scaled population (vector) 4.83  
  C1 earthquake 1.37  
  C2 earthquake -0.11  
  Country Vulnerability 0.27  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),