M 4.5 in Greece on 16 Aug 2022 16:34 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 1333878
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.2532 , 20.6164
Event Date: 16 Aug 2022 16:34 UTC
16 Aug 2022 19:34 Local
Exposed Population:
6 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2022 17:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ibdc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.58  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 48 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto in Grecia, scossa avvertita dalla popolazione | LIVE2022-08-16T18:45+0200.

Una scosso di terremoto si è verificata nel tardo pomeriggio di oggi in Grecia. Una scossa di terremoto si è verificata pochi minuti fa in Grecia. Il sisma è stato particolarmente avvertito dalla popolazione, ma non sono ancora noti epicen
...(more)
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattles Ilia in the Peloponese2022-08-16T07:58+0200.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 rattled the region of Ilia in western Peloponnese on Tuesday morning, the Athens-based Geodynamic Institute said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Athens Geodynam
...(more)
Afghanistan wishes speedy recovery to quake victims2022-08-15T15:27+0200.

KABUL, Afghanistan. Afghanistan on Saturday expressed deep sorrow at the loss of lives in the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Greece. In a tweet, Foreign Minister Mohammed Haneef Atmar said: “Deeply saddened by the earthquake devastati
...(more)
Sustainability, Vol. 14, Pages 10076: Study of the Effect of a Seismic ... 2022-08-15T09:13+0200.

Greece is divided into three earthquake hazard zones: Zone I, Zone II and Zone III. In the present research work, the same building in the three seismic zones in Greece was modeled, analyzed and dimensioned. Then, the construction cost of i
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),