M 7.8 in Antarctica on 17 Nov 2013 09:04 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 1012261
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -60.3 , -46.36
Event Date: 17 Nov 2013 09:04 UTC
17 Nov 2013 06:04 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2013 09:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.3 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.32m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 297 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima: al via rimozione combustibileMon, 18 Nov 2013 11:05:00 +0100.

. Oltre un anno di lavori, passo chiave smantellamento impianto. (ANSA) - TOKYO, 18 NOV - La Tepco, il gestore della centrale nucleare di Fukushima, ha avviato la rimozione del combustibile stoccato nella piscina dell'edificio del reattore
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Philippines: pour les rescapés isolés, l'aide vient du ciel et de la m ... Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:04:00 +0100.

L'aide aux rescapés du typhon Haiyan qui s'est abattu sur le centre des Philippines s'étend progressivement aux petites îles et aux régions montagneuses dont les populations sont coupées du monde, grâce au pont aérien et naval mis en place
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Philippines: pour les rescapés isolés, l'aide vient du ciel et de la m ... Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:58:00 +0100.

Par Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Homonhom (Philippines) (AFP) - L'aide aux rescapés du typhon Haiyan qui s'est abattu sur le centre des Philippines s'étend progressivement aux petites îles et aux régions montagneuses dont les populations sont..
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Japan: Fukushima operator TEPCO starts dangerous fuel rod removalMon, 18 Nov 2013 10:58:00 +0100.

Workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant begin moving fuel rods from a reactor building, their most difficult and dangerous task since the 2011 tsunami.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),