M 6.5 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 05 Apr 2019 16:14 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 1175637
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 58.41 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.9323 , -27.8457
Event Date: 05 Apr 2019 16:14 UTC
05 Apr 2019 14:14 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Apr 2019 16:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us2000kav9 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Indonesia To Install Tsunami Early Warning System 4/9/2019 7:24:00 AM.

Jakarta: Indonesia is set to install buoys and cable base tsunameters (CBT) near Mount Krakatau volcano on Wednesday to give early warning when tidal waves occur near the volcano, officials said. The move came following the tsunami triggere
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Indonesia to install early tsunami warning system near Mount Krakatau 4/9/2019 5:04:00 AM.

Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia plans to set up buoys and cable base tsunameters (CBT) near Mount Krakatau to give early warning if tidal waves occur. The move came following the December 2018 tsunami triggered by the eruption of Anak Krakatau vo
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Big quake unlikely, but caution needed: Report 4/9/2019 2:44:00 AM.

A joint report by two government agencies has formally stated that ongoing seismic activity in Palghar is an “earthquake swarm”, implying that a strong earthquake is unlikely in the region. But it also says that it’s not known how long the
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Donegal struck by 2.4 magnitude earthquake overnight 4/8/2019 5:23:00 PM.

AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK just off the coast of Donegal shortly before 11pm last night, the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) has reported. The quake measured 2.4 on the Richter scale and hit in Donegal Bay. The event was felt by members of
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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 (92), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),