M 5.4 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 20 Aug 2016 11:17 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 1092215
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 13.48 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.938 , -31.5702
Event Date: 20 Aug 2016 11:17 UTC
20 Aug 2016 09:17 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2016 11:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fe4 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: 1624 | About casualties: 141 | Last hour: 0

Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 10 believed ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:11:00 +0200.

A strong earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 10 people believed killed and many missing. The quake struck in the earl
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eNCA | IN PICTURES: Quake brings down buildings in central ItalyWed, 24 Aug 2016 11:11:00 +0200.

ACCUMOLI, Italy - A strong earthquake brought down buildings in mountainous central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets, with at least 10 people believed killed. The quake caused serious
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At least six people believed killed in central Italy earthquakeWed, 24 Aug 2016 11:08:00 +0200.

The emergency services released an aerial photograph showing whole areas of the town of Amatrice flattened, while debris filled the streets of nearby Accumoli. “Now that daylight has come, we see that the situation is even more dreadful tha
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Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:07:00 +0200.

ACCUMOLI, Italy An earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 20 people believed killed and many missing. The quake struck i
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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),