M 5.7 in Greece on 20 May 2020 23:43 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: 5.7M
Depth: 20.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.1547 , 20.2872
Event Date: 20 May 2020 23:43 UTC
21 May 2020 00:43 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70009m4x
Inserted at: 21 May 2020 01:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Greece)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009m4x 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
1311604 0 20 May 2020 23:43 5.7M, 13.55km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:27 NEIC
1311610 0 20 May 2020 23:43 5.7M, 20.22km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:08 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 Peloponnisos (population 1,079,573) .

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
Peloponnisos Greece 1.1 million people
Central Greece and Evvoia Greece -
Al Fatih Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 100000 people
Al Jabal al Akhdar Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 460000 people
Ionian Islands Greece 190000 people
Banghazi Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 850000 people
Crete Greece 540000 people
Darnah Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 110000 people
Aegean Islands Greece 460000 people
Ipiros Greece 340000 people
Tubruq Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 94000 people
Ajdabiya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 100000 people
Thessalia Greece 730000 people
Calabria Italy 2.2 million people
Sicilia Italy 5.2 million people
Sarande Albania 93000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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