M 5.1 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 21 Sep 2016 07:19 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 1094363
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 17.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.84 , -30.503
Event Date: 21 Sep 2016 07:19 UTC
21 Sep 2016 05:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2016 07:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006rat 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: 1068 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

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HATFORD, CT (WFSB) - 10 PM UPDATE. Readings are already closing in on 50 degrees, so low-40s is a reasonable reach for low temperatures in most towns. The air is dry enough to support a few upper-30s in areas where there is no breeze, espec
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Chinese deep-sea explorer ship completes maiden voyageSun, 25 Sep 2016 06:55:00 +0200.

A seminar on the first voyage of Chinese deep-sea explorer ship, Zhang Jian, is held on the ship at the Luchao Port in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 23, 2016. Zhang Jian on Friday returned to her home port in Shanghai after finishing a 74-day
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زلزالان عنيفان يضربان سواحل فيجي وتونغاSun, 25 Sep 2016 06:35:00 +0200.

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Strong Quake Hits Philippine Island of MindanaoSun, 25 Sep 2016 06:27:00 +0200.

MANILA – A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines on Saturday, although there have been no reports of victims or significant damage to property so far. The quake stirred panic in some hotels and build
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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),