M 5.2 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 09 Feb 2016 12:28 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 1080300
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 69.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.874 , -26.0044
Event Date: 09 Feb 2016 12:28 UTC
09 Feb 2016 10:28 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Feb 2016 12:51 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 455 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

Chorrillos: realizan simulacro de tsunami en playa Agua DulceSat, 13 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0100.

. El ensayo, organizado por la Municipalidad de Lima, se realizó con la finalidad de fortalecer la cultura de prevención. Decenas de personas, entre bañistas y rescatistas, participaron esta mañana en un simulacro de tsunami realizado en l
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Taiwán sube a 109 la cifra de muertos por seísmo y baja a 9 los desapa ... Sat, 13 Feb 2016 11:49:00 +0100.

El Servicio Nacional de Emergencias de Taiwán elevó este sábado a 109 el recuento oficial de muertos por el seísmo de 6,4 grados que sacudió el pasado sábado el sur de la isla, mientras que la cifra de desaparecidos bajó a nueve. Los nuevos
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Helicopter joins fight to douse forest blazeSat, 13 Feb 2016 11:14:00 +0100.

Thimphu suffered three forest fires alone yesterday. Fire: In its first fire-fighting mission, the government’s helicopter aided fire fighters on the ground to battle and douse a large forest fire that broke out at Sangaygang, yesterday. Th
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Ejecutan primer simulacro de tsunami en la Costa VerdeSat, 13 Feb 2016 11:01:00 +0100.

La Municipalidad de Lima, junto con la Policía y los bomberos realizaron el primer simulacro de tsunami en la Costa Verde, que comprende seis distritos, con el fin de que se fortalezca la cultura de prevención entre los vecinos y bañistas.
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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),