M 5.4 in South Sandwich Islands Region on 18 May 2022 20:23 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.4M
Depth: 32.03 Km
Lat/Lon: -58.7503 , -25.3666
Event Date: 18 May 2022 20:23 UTC
18 May 2022 18:23 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hm4d
Inserted at: 24 May 2022 21:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hm4d Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1443936 0 18 May 2022 20:23 5.5M, 30.7km 3.57 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:28 NEIC
1445019 0 18 May 2022 20:23 5.4M, 32.03km 3.49 No people affected (in 100km) 6d 00:55 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.. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1443936 -58.798/-25.323 5.5 30.7 3.532 18 May 2022 20:53 00:29 (new episode)
2 0 1443936 -58.778/-25.364 5.5 29.8 3.542 18 May 2022 21:19 00:55 (upd of #1)
3 0 1443936 -58.778/-25.364 5.5 29.8 3.542 18 May 2022 22:28 02:04 (upd of #2)
4 0 1443936 -58.778/-25.364 5.5 29.8 3.568 19 May 2022 20:40 1d 00:16 (upd of #3)
5 0 1445019 -58.75/-25.367 5.4 32.0 3.493 25 May 2022 06:50 6d 10:26 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands no people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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