M 6.6 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 27 Aug 2019 23:55 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: 6.6M
Depth: 16 Km
Lat/Lon: -60.196 , -26.5636
Event Date: 27 Aug 2019 23:55 UTC
27 Aug 2019 21:55 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us700058yy
Inserted at: 31 Aug 2019 21:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us700058yy Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1271274 0 27 Aug 2019 23:55 6.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 GEOFON
1271275 0 27 Aug 2019 23:55 6.8M, 116.1km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 PTWC
1271279 0 27 Aug 2019 23:55 6.8M, 116km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:12 NTWC
1271282 0 27 Aug 2019 23:55 6.6M, 10km 3.98 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:23 NEIC
1271286 0 27 Aug 2019 23:55 6.6M, 24.5km 4.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 00:02 NEIC
1271376 0 27 Aug 2019 23:55 6.6M, 16km 4.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 3d 21:41 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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