M 5 in South Shetland Islands on 23 Oct 2020 16:06 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 1240612
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -62.1881 , -58.2825
Event Date: 23 Oct 2020 16:06 UTC
23 Oct 2020 13:06 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2020 16:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cc4n Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 154 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

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samoa Quakes shake nation amid weather warnings By Soli Wilson, 26/10/ ... Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:41:00 +0100.

No tsunami warning was triggered by two major earthquakes Samoa felt early on Monday morning, only three minutes apart. The first was at 1:47 a.m. with a magnitude of 6.7, occurring in the Samoa region. The tremor was 10 kilometres deep and
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2.8 magnitude earthquake reported in SpartaSun, 25 Oct 2020 17:03:00 +0100.

Another earthquake was reported in Sparta early Sunday morning. The quake had a magnitude of 2.8 and was felt by people in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina. Sparta is located on the North Carolina-Virginia line in
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5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Iceland, no injuries reportedSat, 24 Oct 2020 18:18:00 +0200.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Iceland on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital, Reykjavik. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said the quake struck at 1:
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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),