M 6.3 in Greece on 03 Mar 2021 10:16 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 1258278
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.7641 , 22.1756
Event Date: 03 Mar 2021 10:16 UTC
03 Mar 2021 12:16 Local
Exposed Population: About 11000 people in MMI
1290000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2021 10:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.5 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
us7000df40 Scaled population (raster) 4.22  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.69  
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Greece - Earthquake (ECHO 04 Mar 2021)Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:13

  • An earthquake of 6.3 M (according to NOA Hellenic Seismic Network) at a depth of 10 km occurred in Thessaly Region on 3 March at 10.16 UTC (12.16 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 25 km north-west of Larissa City and 15 km south of Elassona Town.
  • Several aftershocks with magnitude up to 5.3 M have been recorded in the area. USGS PAGER estimates that up to 19,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 220,000 people to strong shaking.
  • Media report, six rescued people and at least 30 damaged/collapsed buildings, including a school and a church. Most of the damage has been reported in the village of Mesochori, 6 km west from the epicentre.
  • The Greek Civil Protection, regional Authorities and Armed Forces provided more than 280 tents, 10 generators, 2,000 blankets, 200 sleeping bags, 500 beds and other material for those affected.
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),