Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 19 Oct 2021 05:32 UTC

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M 5.9 in Greece on 19 Oct 2021 05:32 UTC

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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:	5.9M
Depth:	41.53 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.5883 , 28.3882
Event Date:	19 Oct 2021 05:32 UTC 19 Oct 2021 07:32 Local
Exposed Population:	No people affected in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000fvtm
Inserted at:	19 Oct 2021 14:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000fvtm	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1403193		0	19 Oct 2021 05:32	6M, 37.84km	3.44	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1403259		0	19 Oct 2021 05:32	5.9M, 41.53km	3.43	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		08:43	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 , Region of Aegean Islands (population 456,800) .

Radius	Population
100 km	no people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aegean Islands	Greece	460000 people
Crete	Greece	540000 people
Antalya	Turkey	1.2 million people
Mugla	Turkey	610000 people
Denizli	Turkey	820000 people
Burdur	Turkey	280000 people
Aydin	Turkey	900000 people
Paphos	Cyprus	67000 people
Marsa Matruh	Egypt	190000 people
Afyon	Turkey	800000 people
Isparta	Turkey	470000 people
Izmir	Turkey	2.9 million people
Nicosia	Cyprus	270000 people
Kafr ash Shaykh	Egypt	2.2 million people
Limassol	Cyprus	150000 people
Manisa	Turkey	1.3 million people
Al Buhayrah	Egypt	2.1 million people
Al Iskandariyah	Egypt	3.5 million people
Usak	Turkey	320000 people
Konya	Turkey	1.9 million people
Icel	Turkey	1.4 million people
Kyrenia	Cyprus	38000 people
Tubruq	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	94000 people
Larnaca	Cyprus	71000 people
Ad Daqahliyah	Egypt	4.2 million people
Al Gharbiyah	Egypt	3.4 million people
Dumyat	Egypt	890000 people
Kutahya	Turkey	630000 people
Farmagusta	Cyprus	140000 people
Al Minufiyah	Egypt	2.7 million people
Balikesir	Turkey	1.1 million people
Ash Sharqiyah	Egypt	4.1 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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