M 4.7 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 16 Oct 2016 08:05 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 1095827
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 53.05 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.2246 , -25.2136
Event Date: 16 Oct 2016 08:05 UTC
16 Oct 2016 06:05 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2016 08:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007eik 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: 1133 | About casualties: 100 | Last hour: 0

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هز زلزال بقوة 5.3 درجة شرق اليابان اليوم (الخميس) ولم ترد تقارير على الفور عن وقوع أضرار كما لم يصدر تحذير من موجات مد عاتية (تسونامي) جراء الزلزال. وقالت هيئة الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية إن مركز الزلزال -الذي وقع الساعة 11:50 صباحا (02:50 بتو
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The LAB wows country schoolThu, 20 Oct 2016 07:42:00 +0200.

Kiwis of all ages should be aware of natural hazards and a visit to "The LAB" is a great way to raise that awareness, says Te Pohue School teacher Tim Orbell. On Tuesday (18 October) Mr Orbell and his multi-level senior class (Year 6 to 8)
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Arizona highway clouded by smoke, causing numerous accidentsThu, 20 Oct 2016 07:13:00 +0200.

PARKS, Ariz. - Thick smoke from a blaze set to reduce wildfire risks blinded motorists Wednesday on the main highway across northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, causing numerous accidents as haze clouded the freeway for hours and reduced
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Typhoon Haima leaves at least4 dead in northern PhilippinesThu, 20 Oct 2016 07:10:00 +0200.

NARVACAN, Philippines (AP) — At least four people were killed after Super Typhoon Haima smashed into the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rains, flooding towns and forcing thousands to flee although it slightly weakened Thursd
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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),