M 7.1 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 11 Dec 2018 02:26 UTC

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: 7.1M
Depth: 164.66 Km
Lat/Lon: -58.5981 , -26.4656
Event Date: 11 Dec 2018 02:26 UTC
11 Dec 2018 00:26 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000isc8
Inserted at: 11 Dec 2018 02:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000isc8 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1240721 0 11 Dec 2018 02:26 7.3M, 176.2km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:12 PTWC
1240723 0 11 Dec 2018 02:26 7.3M, 176km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:14 NTWC    
1240725 0 11 Dec 2018 02:26 7.1M, 164.66km 4.78 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:17 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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is..

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
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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