M 5.5 in West Of Macquarie Island on 20 Nov 2020 03:19 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 1244421
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -53.9263 , 140.5994
Event Date: 20 Nov 2020 03:19 UTC
20 Nov 2020 12:19 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Nov 2020 03:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cqme Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 345 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

09:26 22/11/2020 Skikda: tremblement de terre de 5,2 degrés près d'El ... Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:33:00 +0100.

Un tremblement de terre d'une magnitude de 5,2 degrés sur l'échelle ouverte de Richter a été ressenti dimanche à 04h53 dans la wilaya de Skikda, annonce le Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique, et Géophysique (CRAAG).Le CRAAG aj
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Tremblement de terre de 5,2 degrés près d'El Harrouch (CRAAG)Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0100.

Un tremblement de terre d'une magnitude de 5,2 degrés sur l'échelle ouverte de Richter a été ressenti dimanche à 04h53 dans la wilaya de Skikda, annonce le Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique, et Géophysique (CRAAG). Le CRAAG a
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Une secousse tellurique de magnitude 5,2 degrés à SkikdaSun, 22 Nov 2020 09:26:00 +0100.

Un tremblement de terre d'une magnitude de 5,2 degrés sur l'échelle ouverte de Richter a été ressenti dimanche à 04h53 dans la wilaya de Skikda, annonce le Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique, et Géophysique (CRAAG). Le CRAAG a
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6.2-magnitude quake hits offshore area of ChileSun, 22 Nov 2020 07:20:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 98 km northwest of Constitucion, Chile, at 21:54 on Saturday (0054 GMT on Sunday), according to the University of Chile's Seismological Service. The offshore earthqu
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),