M 5.1 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 19 Aug 2016 12:56 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 1092164
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.214 , -32.0408
Event Date: 19 Aug 2016 12:56 UTC
19 Aug 2016 10:56 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Aug 2016 13:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006f0s Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 668 | About casualties: 30 | Last hour: 0

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In Dry, Windy West, Crews Target Flames in Several StatesTue, 23 Aug 2016 12:46:00 +0200.

SAN SIMEON, Calif.—Growing wildfires fed by windy, dry conditions have destroyed buildings and forced evacuations in central California, eastern Washington, Oregon and elsewhere. Crews in both states fought to contain the blazes, with firef
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Tempesta di sabbia su Phoenix: incredibili immagini dell’haboob che si ... Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:40:00 +0200.

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Tropical Storm Gaston getting stronger in the AtlanticTue, 23 Aug 2016 12:25:00 +0200.

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Gaston is getting stronger as it moves over the far eastern Atlantic. The storm's maximum sustained winds had increased early Tuesday to near 50 mph (85 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says additional st
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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),