M 5.7 in Greece-Albania Border Region on 21 Mar 2020 00:49 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.3534 , 20.5616
Event Date: 21 Mar 2020 00:49 UTC
21 Mar 2020 02:49 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
670000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70008db1
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2020 01:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.2 (Greece)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Albania= 4.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008db1 Scaled population (vector) 1.78  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1301593 0 21 Mar 2020 00:49 5.7M, 10km 6.76 554 (in MMI>=VII) 00:33 NEIC
1301623 0.1 21 Mar 2020 00:49 5.7M, 10km 7.02 1 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 02:37 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Greece ,of Ipiros (population 1,819) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
16000 people
80000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1301593 39.353/20.562 5.7 10.0 6.875 21 Mar 2020 01:10 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1301593 39.353/20.562 5.7 10.0 6.651 21 Mar 2020 01:23 00:33 (upd of #1)
3 0 1301593 39.353/20.562 5.7 10.0 6.844 21 Mar 2020 01:49 00:59 (upd of #2)
4 0 1301593 39.353/20.562 5.7 10.0 6.762 21 Mar 2020 02:53 02:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1301623 39.374/20.633 5.7 10.0 6.556 21 Mar 2020 03:30 02:40 (new episode)
6 0 1301623 39.374/20.633 5.7 10.0 6.583 21 Mar 2020 03:41 02:52 (upd of #5)
7 0.1 1301623 39.374/20.633 5.7 10.0 7.015 22 Mar 2020 00:53 1d 00:03 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Ipiros Greece 11000 people
Ipiros Greece 74000 people
Ipiros Greece 95000 people
Ionian Islands Greece 5000 people
Central Greece and Evvoia Greece <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Glyki Greece Village - 4 km
Mórfion Thesprotia Greece Village <1000 people 7 km
Karvounari Greece Village - 8 km
Mesopótamo Preveza Greece Village - 9 km
Margariti Greece Village - 11 km
Kanallaki Preveza Greece Village - 13 km
Paramithiá Thesprotia Greece City - 14 km
Párga Preveza Greece Village 1700 people 16 km
Mazarakia Thesprotia Greece Village <1000 people 17 km
Assos Preveza Greece Village - 19 km
Thesprotikón Preveza Greece Village 1900 people 23 km
Loùros Preveza Greece Village - 27 km
Stefani Priveza Greece Village - 29 km
Filippiás Preveza Greece Village 4000 people 32 km
Néa Sampsoús Preveza Greece Village <1000 people 33 km
Áyios Spirídhon Arta Greece Village - 34 km
Kostakioi Arta Greece Village - 42 km
Arta Arta Greece City 17000 people 42 km
Bandoúla Arta Greece Village - 43 km
Neokhóri Arta Greece Village - 50 km
Arílla Greece Village - 23 km
Kastrosikiá Preveza Greece Village - 25 km
Plataria Greece Village <1000 people 26 km
Piakoti Greece Village - 27 km
Panayía Ioannina Greece Village - 27 km
Kerasona Preveza Greece Village - 28 km
Kopani Ioannina Greece Village - 28 km
Parapotamos Thesprotia Greece Village - 29 km
Mirodháfni Ioannina Greece Village - 30 km
Igoumenítsa Greece Village 8100 people 31 km
Arkhangelos Preveza Greece Village - 31 km
Vayenítion Ioannina Greece Village - 35 km
Filiátai Thesprotia Greece Village 2600 people 35 km
Serviana Ioannina Greece Village - 36 km
Longos Greece Village - 37 km
Gáïo Greece Village - 37 km
Kalentzi Ioannina Greece Village - 38 km
Kavos Greece Village - 39 km
Pistiana Arta Greece Village - 39 km
Koutsélion Ioannina Greece Village <1000 people 39 km
Sparterá Greece Village - 39 km
Lakka Greece Village - 40 km
Katsikas Ioannina Greece Village 2600 people 40 km
Grammenitsa Arta Greece Village - 41 km
Barkmádhi Ioannina Greece Village - 43 km
Ayios Nikolaos Arta Greece Village - 43 km
Levkímmi Kerkyra Greece Village - 44 km
Petas Arta Greece Village - 46 km
Perivoli Greece Village - 47 km
Préveza Preveza Greece City 16000 people 47 km
Koronisia Greece Village - 49 km
Komobotion Arta Greece City - 53 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Parga GRPAR Greece 17 km
Arta Greece 43 km
Igoumenitsa GRIGO Greece 31 km
Paxos Island Greece 36 km
Preveza Greece 48 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Pournari Arachthos 1981 44 km

More information

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