M 4.8 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 28 Sep 2014 06:49 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 1040542
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -61 , -25.8
Event Date: 28 Sep 2014 06:49 UTC
28 Sep 2014 04:49 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2014 08:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  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: 198 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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Autoridades se reúnen por Reconstrucción en el MauleWed, 01 Oct 2014 21:21:00 +0200.

Con objeto de revisar los avances en materia de reconstrucción y analizar futuras iniciativas para potenciar el desarrollo en la Región del Maule, la Directora Nacional (T.P.) de Obras Portuarias, Antonia Bordas, se reunió con la Delegada P
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Tsunami hit Indian coast 1,000 years agoWed, 01 Oct 2014 18:55:00 +0200.

Looking for data on past tsunamis for a better understanding of the natural phenomenon, a team of researchers has come upon evidence which suggests that the Indian coast was hit by a sea surge som...

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),