M 5.5 in Crete, Greece from 20 Nov 2022 23:24 UTC to 23:24

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.5M
Depth: 74.766 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.8312 , 26.4254
Event Date: 20 Nov 2022 23:24 UTC
21 Nov 2022 01:24 Local
Exposed Population: 120 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000ir86
Inserted at: 20 Nov 2022 23:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ir86 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1474282 0 20 Nov 2022 23:24 5.5M, 74.766km 4 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:23 NEIC
1474521 0 20 Nov 2022 23:24 5.5M, 63km 3.99 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 04:24 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km 58000 people
75 km 8800 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Vái Lasithi Greece Village - 65 km
Ayía Marína Dodekanisos Greece City - 65 km
Mesoknorion Dodekanisos Greece Village - 66 km
Olimbos Dodekanisos Greece Village - 68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Essey KSJ 10 Civ. Paved No 3200 63 km
Sitia JSH 122 Civ. Paved No 2300 74 km
Karpathos AOK 6 Civ. Paved Yes 6800 80 km
Astipalaia JTY 47 Civ. Paved No 3200 83 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Khamili Island Greece 18 km
Sirna Island Greece 63 km
Olimbos Greece 68 km
Kasos Island Greece 69 km
Saria Island Greece 74 km
Sitia GRJSH Greece 75 km
Karpathos Island Greece 79 km
Anafi Island Greece 80 km
Ormos Maltezana Greece 81 km
Aghios Nikolaos Greece 95 km

More information

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