M 5.1 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 02 Sep 2020 00:21 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 1232712
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 115.01 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.0938 , -27.6343
Event Date: 02 Sep 2020 00:21 UTC
01 Sep 2020 22:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2020 00:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bg8x 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 173 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Tremors could be a result of reservoirsSat, 05 Sep 2020 21:08:00 +0200.

Natural disasters in Sri Lanka, recognised as an earthquake-free country, mainly consist of floods and landslides. However, the mild tremors occurred in Gurudeniya, Haragama, Anuragama, Mailapitiya, Ambakote, Digana and Aluthwatta in Kandy
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Video shows demolition explosion work at 'earthquake' quarryFri, 04 Sep 2020 11:57:00 +0200.

This explosive video shows demolition work being undertaken at Croft Quarry in the south of the county. Demolition work has been taking place at the quarry over the past few weeks, and some of the work caused concern for residents after hug
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Scottish village struck by earthquakeFri, 04 Sep 2020 11:46:00 +0200.

Blackford sits just south of the Highland boundary fault line, where small earthquakes are not uncommon. The village, nicknamed Shaky Toun, was hit by a 1.3 magnitude earthquake in 2015, and an even larger one in 2011. In June, the nearby
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Typhoon injures 20 in southwestern Japan, stronger storm approachingFri, 04 Sep 2020 05:09:00 +0200.

At least 20 people have been injured on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu as Typhoon Maysak passed near the region before weakening Thursday, while concerns are growing that a more powerful typhoon may make landfall in the area on
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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),