M 5.6 in South Sandwich Islands Region on 02 Sep 2016 01:57 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 1093110
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 30.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.3202 , -30.9535
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 01:57 UTC
01 Sep 2016 23:57 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 02:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jj6 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 597 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

USGS: Pawnee Earthquake Strongest Ever In OklahomaTue, 06 Sep 2016 01:41:00 +0200.

PAWNEE, Oklahoma - United States Geological Survey officials said they believe Saturday’s earthquake was the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma, coming in 10 percent stronger than the 2011 quake near Prague. The USGS said earthquake magnit
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Lest we forgetTue, 06 Sep 2016 01:25:00 +0200.

Nearly seven months on, the Lily Mine collapse is slowly becoming a forgotten story. No efforts have been resumed to retrieve the bodies of Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule, and Solomon Nyerende, which remain trapped underground, and workers w
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Reconstrucción de zonas afectadas por terremoto en Ecuador contará con ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 01:23:00 +0200.

Los gobiernos de Ecuador y Chile empezarán una agenda de asistencia técnica para la reconstrucción de las zonas afectadas por el terremoto del pasado 16 de abril, informó este lunes 5 de septiembre de 2016, la ministra Coordinador de Desarr
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Romeo, un golden retriever, fue rescatado por los bomberos en una loca ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 00:28:00 +0200.

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.- Mientras bomberos realizaban trabajos para retirar los escombros de una casa en Villa San Lorenza, a las afueras de Amatrice, Italia (uno de los sitios más afectados por el terremoto) , se llevaron una grata sorpresa cuan
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),