M 5.3 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 28 Mar 2016 19:07 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 1083321
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 16.25 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.2533 , -27.5104
Event Date: 28 Mar 2016 19:07 UTC
28 Mar 2016 17:07 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Mar 2016 19:27 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: 894 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

The Latest: Storms Damage Air Force Base in Central GeorgiaFri, 01 Apr 2016 18:09:00 +0200.

The Latest on severe weather in the South (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Some streets were flooded and roofs damaged at Robins Air Force Base and the surrounding community in central Georgia when severe storms pounded the area. A base spokes
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The Latest: Power poles, trees down along Mississippi CoastFri, 01 Apr 2016 17:47:00 +0200.

9:35 a.m. A utility company was working to restore power after a strong storm produced wind gusts of more than 80 mph and left thousands of customers without electricity in central Georgia. Flint Energies reports that more than 6,000 of its
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Sismo de 6,1 grados estremece JapónFri, 01 Apr 2016 17:46:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 6,1 grados en la escala de Richter sacudió una zona a 10 kilómetros de la provincia japonesa de Mie. No se reportaron de víctimas mortales o daños materiales, según informó la agencia nipona de noticias Kyodo. No se emitió l
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The Latest: Storms damage Air Force base in central GeorgiaFri, 01 Apr 2016 17:44:00 +0200.

ATLANTA The Latest on severe weather in the South (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Some streets were flooded and roofs damaged at Robins Air Force Base and the surrounding community in central Georgia when severe storms pounded the area. A bas
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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),