M 5.1 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 21 Jul 2018 22:50 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 1151100
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -60.4953 , -26.387
Event Date: 21 Jul 2018 22:50 UTC
21 Jul 2018 20:50 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2018 23:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000gayp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 245 | About casualties: 68 | Last hour: 0

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Lava flow from fissure 8 may go on for months or yearsTue, 24 Jul 2018 12:27:00 +0200.

The authors said the sustained flow of magma from the summit so far leads them to believe it will be some time before the eruption ends. The range of duration is broad and remains unpredictable, scientists said Monday afternoon during a pho
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Greenville County deputy involved in fiery crashTue, 24 Jul 2018 06:55:00 +0200.

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) - A Greenville County Deputy patrol car was involved in a crash Monday evening in the city of Greenville. The condition of neither the deputy nor the other driver is known as of writing. Viewers sent in photos
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Residential care facility remains under investigation after owner arre ... Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:55:00 +0200.

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The owner of a Columbia residential care facility is now facing multiple charges of abuse and neglect. Betty Miles, the owner of Miles Residential Care, has been charged four counts of abuse and neglect of vulnerable ad
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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),