M 4.8 in Antarctica on 03 Nov 2020 15:02 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 1242370
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -62.3296 , -58.1167
Event Date: 03 Nov 2020 15:02 UTC
03 Nov 2020 12:02 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Nov 2020 17:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000c9r6 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 157 | About casualties: 77 | Last hour: 0

There are no victims of the earthquake in Turkey among the Ossetian Di ... Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:24:00 +0100.

There are no representatives of the Ossetian diaspora among the victims of the earthquake in Turkey, Ramzi Kanukov, the authorized representative of South Ossetia in Turkey, told IA "Res". “The earthquake was strong; the city of Izmir was b
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Countries grieve with Turkey after deadly quakeTue, 03 Nov 2020 07:44:00 +0100.

Many countries including Mauritania and Hungary offered on Monday condolences to Turkey over the Oct. 30 devastating earthquake in the Aegean region. The magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, killing at least 91 p
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South Island's West Coast shaken by earthquake overnight The quake hit ... Mon, 02 Nov 2020 22:05:00 +0100.

The South Island's West Coast was rattled by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake overnight. GeoNet says the quake hit 50km south of Hokitika at 10:10pm on Monday at a depth of 5km. More than 450 people reported feeling the shake, with most saying i
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Tsunamis en el Ártico: la nueva y peligrosa amenaza del cambio climáti ... Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:05:00 +0100.

Millones de toneladas de roca pueden deslizarse hasta el océano por el derretimiento del permafrost. Barry Arm es una estrecha brecha de costa en el sur de Alaska. No es muy grande si se la compara con el extenso borde de Norteamérica que
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),