M 5 in Antarctica on 30 Jan 2021 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 1253807
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -62.2162 , -57.5546
Event Date: 30 Jan 2021 15:36 UTC
30 Jan 2021 12:36 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jan 2021 15:56 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dd9d Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Global Earthquake Report for Saturday, January 30, 2021 / VolcanoDisco ... Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:01:00 +0100.

Summary: 6 earthquakes 5.0+, 39 earthquakes 4.0+, 90 earthquakes 3.0+, 214 earthquakes 2.0+ (349 total) This report is updated hourly. Grade 5 +: 6 earthquakes, 4+: 39 earthquakes, 3+: 90 earthquakes, grade 2 +: 214 earthquakes No earthquak
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Temblor de magnitud 5.2 se registró en la Antártica: SHOA descartó tsu ... Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:52:00 +0100.

. El sismo se ubicó a 221 kilómetros al noreste de la Base O’Higgins. Un temblor de magnitud 5.2 Richter se registró a las 11:10 horas de este viernes 29 de enero en la Antártica Chilena. Según detalló el , el sismo se ubicó a 221 kilómet
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Investigadores inician expedición a la Antártica para estudiar inusual ... Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:08:00 +0100.

Desde fines de agosto del año pasado, a través de sensores sísmicos y tecnologías satelitales, se han detectado más de 30 mil sismos en el Continente Blanco. Junto a este fenómeno, se identificó un importante incremento de la tasa de deform
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El SHOA de la Armada de Chile activa protocolo de tsunami en la Antárt ... Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:22:00 +0100.

Sistema Nacional de Alarma de Maremotos El SHOA de la Armada de Chile activa protocolo de tsunami en la Antártica por terremoto El organismo en menos de cinco minutos fue capaz de evaluar y difundir los niveles de amenaza del evento sísmico
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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),