M 5.1 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 31 Oct 2020 21:04 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 1241940
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 41.92 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.742 , -27.1901
Event Date: 31 Oct 2020 21:04 UTC
31 Oct 2020 19:04 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Oct 2020 21:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000c8rj 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: 219 | About casualties: 84 | Last hour: 0

Rescuers make final search in Turkey as quake death toll rises inWed, 04 Nov 2020 20:37:00 +0100.

ANKARA, Turkey -- The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake. All but two of the victims were killed in Izmi
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Death toll from Turkey earthquake rises to 116 as rescuers finish sear ... Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:25:00 +0100.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake. All but two of the victims were killed in
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Fatal Turkey earthquake: Toll rises to 116 in Turkey; rescuers finish ... Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:14:00 +0100.

A building that was damaged at the October 30 earthquake in Izmir, Turkey is demolished. Search and rescue operations for survivors have been stopped with the death toll at 116. Photo / AP The death toll in last week's Aegean Sea earthquak
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Quake Toll Rises to 116 in Turkey; Rescuers Finish SearchesWed, 04 Nov 2020 19:13:00 +0100.

The death toll in last week's Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake.

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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),