Overall Green Earthquake alert in Greece on 25 Oct 2018 22:54 UTC

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M 6.8 in Greece on 25 Oct 2018 22:54 UTC

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1159936
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.8M
Depth:	14 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.5055 , 20.5626
Event Date:	25 Oct 2018 22:54 UTC 25 Oct 2018 23:54 Local
Exposed Population:	About 7000 people in MMI 230000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	25 Oct 2018 23:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	2.5 (Greece)
Maximum Wave Height observed:	0.12 m

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.5		0.5
us1000hhb1	Scaled population (vector)	2.65	Max wave alert	0.12m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.54m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.69

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Greece - 6.8 M Earthquake and Tsunami (ECHO 26 Oct 2018)Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:01

An earthquake of 6.4 ML at the depth of 9.1 km according to the Institute of Geodynamics of Greece occurred in the Ionian Sea (western Greece) on 25 October at 22:54 UTC. The epicentre was located 45 km south-west of Zakynthos Town (Zakynthos Island). Shaking was estimated to be up to very strong for 5 000 people and strong for 52 000 people.
The earthquake triggered a small tsunami detected by several sea-level instruments in the area (0.09 m in Kyparissia and Crotone, 0.06 m in Le Castella). The European Commission's Joint Research Centre is closely monitoring the situation.
As of 26 October, there are no reports of casualties. Some minor damage was sustained to port infrastructure in Zakynthos, there have been problems in the electricity network and small localised landslides.

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