M 6.3 in East Of South Sandwich Islands on 05 Nov 2019 20:52 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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.9632 , -9.2681
Event Date: 05 Nov 2019 20:52 UTC
05 Nov 2019 19:52 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us700063mh
Inserted at: 06 Nov 2019 23:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us700063mh Scaled population (raster) 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1277321 0 05 Nov 2019 20:52 6.3M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 02:21 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1277321 -57.963/-9.268 6.3 10.0 None 05 Nov 2019 23:06 02:14 (new episode)
2 0 1277321 -57.963/-9.268 6.3 10.0 None 06 Nov 2019 20:58 1d 00:06 (upd of #1)
3 0 1277321 -57.964/-9.27 6.3 10.0 None 06 Nov 2019 23:13 1d 02:21 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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