M 7.4 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 19 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 1092132
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2793 , -31.874
Event Date: 19 Aug 2016 07:32 UTC
19 Aug 2016 05:32 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Aug 2016 09:06 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.08 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0.5
us10006exl Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1340 | About casualties: 79 | Last hour: 0

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Internacional La policía china detiene a 14 personas por vender marisco radioactivo de Fukushima. Los sensores para radiación, usados para rastrear posible contrabando de materiales fisionables, señalaron a un cargamento de marisco, para so
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Japon: le passage du typhon Mindulle fait un mort et 60 blessésTue, 23 Aug 2016 07:10:00 +0200.

Le typhon Mindulle, neuvième de la saison en Asie, a provoqué quelques dégâts dans la partie est du Japon et fait un mort et plus de 60 blessés, selon NHK. Arrivé lundi au sud-est de l'archipel, le cyclone est monté ensuite vers le nord-est
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08/23 12:03 Rain likely from Friday in another hot weekTue, 23 Aug 2016 07:07:00 +0200.

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) Tropical Storm Lionrock could affect the weather in Taiwan later this week, with chances of rain increasing on Friday and Saturday because of greater moisture, the Central Weather Bureau said Tuesday. Despite some rain
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Detienen a sospechosos en China de vender mariscos con radiación de Fu ... Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:59:00 +0200.

La policía del puerto chino de Qingdao (este) detuvo a 14 personas sospechosas de introducir ilegalmente en China marisco con altos niveles de radiación procedentes de aguas próximas a Fukushima , la prefectura nipona afectada por un accide
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),