M 6.9 in Antarctica on 23 Jan 2021 23:36 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 1252856
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 9.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -61.825 , -55.4937
Event Date: 23 Jan 2021 23:36 UTC
23 Jan 2021 19:36 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jan 2021 00:48 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.04 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000d2rx 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 206 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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El SHOA de la Armada de Chile activa protocolo de tsunami en la Antárt ... Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:22:00 +0100.

Sistema Nacional de Alarma de Maremotos El SHOA de la Armada de Chile activa protocolo de tsunami en la Antártica por terremoto El organismo en menos de cinco minutos fue capaz de evaluar y difundir los niveles de amenaza del evento sísmico
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Estudio sugiere que actividad sísmica en la Antártica se debería a "se ... Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:33:00 +0100.

Un estudio científico sugirió que la actividad sísmica en la Antártica se debería a "separación tectónica" que tienen las Islas Shetland del Sur con la Tierra de O'Higgins , la cual se ha visto acelerada en los últimos meses, y no al volcán
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Surprise alleged meteorite fall in ChileMon, 25 Jan 2021 20:18:00 +0100.

Citizens in Chile experienced moments of panic when registering these natural and astronomical phenomena | 01/25/2021 | ionicons-v5-c11: 47 | Patricia Agüero | Chile.- Last weekend the citizens in Chile they lived moments of panic, after ha
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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 (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),