M 5.2 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 23 Feb 2021 05:19 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 54.37 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.8336 , -28.722
Event Date: 23 Feb 2021 05:19 UTC
23 Feb 2021 03:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000dkbm
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2021 15:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dkbm Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1360124 0 23 Feb 2021 05:19 5.3M, 24.68km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1360200 0 23 Feb 2021 05:19 5.2M, 54.37km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 09:44 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is..

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.