M 5.3 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 20 Aug 2016 11:27 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 1092216
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.8677 , -31.467
Event Date: 20 Aug 2016 11:27 UTC
20 Aug 2016 09:27 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2016 12:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fej 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: 1622 | About casualties: 149 | Last hour: 0

Sisma: Toscana invia soccorsiWed, 24 Aug 2016 11:23:00 +0200.

(ANSA) - FIRENZE, 24 AGO - Aiuti e soccorsi dalla Toscana nelle zone colpite dal sisma della notte scorsa nell'Italia centrale. Cinque le sezioni dei vigili del fuoco da di Firenze, Prato, Pisa, Siena e Arezzo. Allertati i nuclei Gos, Grupp
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UPDATED: Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:22:00 +0200.

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 in the early hour
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Quake devastates mountain towns in central Italy, at least 20 believed ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:22:00 +0200.

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 in the early hour
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Tropical system that will affect Florida's weather has high chance of ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:22:00 +0200.

An Air Force Hurricane Hunter plane on Tuesday flew through a storm system that could reach South Florida this weekend and found it “remained disorganized” although it could strengthen later this week. The patch of windy, rainy weather, whi
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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),