M 5 in East Of South Sandwich Islands on 04 Mar 2017 20:11 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 1107043
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -59.1424 , -17.6654
Event Date: 04 Mar 2017 20:11 UTC
04 Mar 2017 19:11 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2017 03:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000871g Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 818 | About casualties: 66 | Last hour: 0

At Least Six People Have Died In Plains WildfiresWed, 08 Mar 2017 18:33:00 +0100.

"The flames have forced thousands from their homes over the last two days and some highways remain closed because the smoke that is so thick that it can be seen in satellite images. Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Kansas face extreme fire dan
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Madagascar: Madagascar, Enawo : Plus de 2 millions de personnes pourra ... Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:33:00 +0100.

Lyon, le mercredi 8 mars . Le cyclone Enawo, qui a frappé mardi la côte Nord- Est de Madagascar, pourrait toucher 2 millions de personnes. Les équipes de Handicap International déjà présentes sur place sont mobilisées et se préparent à inte
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Wildfire forces closure of parts of Florida's "Alligator Alley"Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:04:00 +0100.

NAPLES, Fla. -- A portion of highway known as Alligator Alley remains shut down Wednesday due to smoky conditions from a wildfire that is burning in southwest Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Lt. Gregory Bueno said that motorists s
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Why many tornado-damaged New Orleans East homes will be taller when th ... Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:32:00 +0100.

A look at the recovery and damage Tuesday March 7, 2017, one month after a EF-3 tornado devastated parts of New Orleans East on (feb. 7). According to the National Weather Service, it was the strongest tornado to hit the New Orleans area si
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),