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

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1403193 34.573/28.392 6.0 37.8 3.554 19 Oct 2021 05:54 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1403193 34.573/28.392 6.0 37.8 3.444 19 Oct 2021 06:57 01:24 (upd of #1)
3 0 1403259 34.573/28.392 6.0 37.8 3.445 19 Oct 2021 07:36 02:04 (new episode)
4 0 1403259 34.588/28.388 5.9 41.5 3.433 19 Oct 2021 14:18 08:45 (upd of #3)
5 0 1403259 34.588/28.388 5.9 41.5 3.433 20 Oct 2021 05:35 1d 00:03 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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