M 4.5 in Greece on 22 Nov 2017 22:37 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 1127169
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 6 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.51 , 22.52
Event Date: 22 Nov 2017 22:37 UTC
23 Nov 2017 00:37 Local
Exposed Population:
2030000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Nov 2017 23:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (The Republic of North Macedonia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: The Republic of North Macedonia= 3.7; Bulgaria= 3.1; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0.1
631862 Scaled population (vector) 6.44  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.83  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 204 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Patrick Barrett loves working as a machinist at Moog Inc. But at 33, he is among the younger people in his field at the Elma-based motion control company. With many co-workers in his department in their 50s and 60s, Moog faces a similar sit
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Novo sistema de alerta de tsunamis aumenta segurança por "apenas 1M€" ... Sat, 25 Nov 2017 16:55:00 +0100.

"É um investimento de apenas um milhão de euros. E digo ‘apenas’ porque às vezes fala-se de investimentos de muitos milhões de euros que, porventura, não têm um valor acrescentado para a nossa segurança como este milhão. Este milhão permite
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Il devastante maremoto che distrusse il 25 novembre questa città del S ... Sat, 25 Nov 2017 13:50:00 +0100.

. – Il 25 novembre del 1343, nel giorno di Santa Caterina, Napoli fu stravolta da un evento catastrofico. In pochi lo raccontano, ma l’episodio seminò panico e morte. Un terremoto di grave intensità nel golfo di Napoli sprigionò un maremoto
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Portugal tem um novo sistema de alerta de tsunamis a partir de hojeSat, 25 Nov 2017 12:56:00 +0100.

"É um investimento de apenas um milhão de euros. E digo 'apenas' porque às vezes fala-se de investimentos de muitos milhões de euros que, porventura, não têm um valor acrescentado para a nossa segurança como este milhão. Este milhão permite
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),