M 7.2 in South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. on 28 May 2016 09:46 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 1087125
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.2M
Depth: 72.68 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.2033 , -26.8926
Event Date: 28 May 2016 09:46 UTC
28 May 2016 07:46 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 May 2016 10:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC n.a 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 576 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Aerial surveys document ocean debris around HawaiiWed, 01 Jun 2016 09:23:00 +0200.

HONOLULU — HONOLULU (AP) ��� A study of the eight main Hawaiian Islands shows that ocean debris regularly accumulates around the archipelago, and that most of it is not linked to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, state officia
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Aerial surveys document ocean debris around HawaiiWed, 01 Jun 2016 08:45:00 +0200.

The aerial survey shows that much of the debris that accumulates on the shores of Hawaii is from items discarded carelessly across the Pacific, officials with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a statement. Ocean cur
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حاليا أقوال فقط!Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:07:00 +0200.

بن كسبيت. في منتصف الاسبوع الماضي، عندما تبين بأنه بدلا من اسحق هرتسوغ والمعسكر الصهيوني سيدخل إلى الحكومة ليبرمان واسرائيل بيتنا، رفع رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي الهاتف وتحدث مع الرئيس المصري. ولم يكن حديثا سهلا. فقد تميز السيسي غضبا. فقد تجند
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VIDEO / Explozii în serie la Torino! 14 persoane au fost raniteWed, 01 Jun 2016 08:04:00 +0200.

O serie de explozii s-au produs în aceasta dimineata, într-o fabrica de vopsele, în Torino , în urma careia au fost ranite nu mai putin de 14 persoane , anunta Digi24. Conform sursei citate, prima explozie a provocat si un incendiu si a fos
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),