M 5.8 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 02 Aug 2016 07:32 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 1091120
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 53.55 Km
Lat/Lon: -58.7417 , -25.6467
Event Date: 02 Aug 2016 07:32 UTC
02 Aug 2016 05:32 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2016 07:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100069ee 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: 1413 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 0

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TOKIO.- El cuerpo de Yuko Takamatsu debía estar mar adentro, en algún lugar frente a las costas de Japón. Ya habían pasado dos años y medio desde el tsunami que asoló la costa este del país y nadie la había encontrado. En realidad, nadie la
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Father finds daughter lost in tsunami after 12 yearsSat, 06 Aug 2016 07:00:00 +0200.

In an emotional reunion, a father was given the ownership and custody of his daughter who had been washed away by the tsunami in December 2004. The girl who was just two and six months old then is now aged 14. The court order was given by K
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Le maire de la petite ville de Stockton, à l'est de San ...Sat, 06 Aug 2016 05:57:00 +0200.

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Wildfire Wildfire near Coulee City contained Wildfire near Coulee City ... Sat, 06 Aug 2016 05:41:00 +0200.

COULEE CITY, Wash. -- A level 1 evacuation notice was canceled for an area south of Coulee City on Friday due to a wildfire. Officials issued to the evacuation order for Pinto Ridge Road ¼ mile south of Coulee City. They said the fir
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),