M 5.5 in South Africa on 28 Dec 2019 15:36 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 1199929
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -44.5653 , 37.087
Event Date: 28 Dec 2019 15:36 UTC
28 Dec 2019 17:36 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Dec 2019 15:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (South Africa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006rx5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 143 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

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3.5-magnitude quake hits southeast of S.Korea, no damage reportedTue, 31 Dec 2019 04:46:00 +0100.

A 3.5-magnitude earthquake hit a southeastern region of South Korea, local media said Monday citing the country's weather services. The quake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale jolted 15 km northeast of Miryang city in South Gyeongsang prov
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Earthquake of 4.5 on Richter scale shakes Bulgaria’s BanskoMon, 30 Dec 2019 20:53:00 +0100.

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale, epicentred 37km north-east of Blagoevgrad – about 55km from the winter resort of Bansko – struck just after 8pm local time on December 30, according to the European Mediterranean Seismologic
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),