Overall Green Earthquake alert in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 13 Dec 2021 14:03 UTC

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M 4.8 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 13 Dec 2021 14:03 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 1301336
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	24.15 Km
Lat/Lon:	-58.7321 , -25.1167
Event Date:	13 Dec 2021 14:03 UTC 13 Dec 2021 12:03 Local
Exposed Population:	No people affected in 100km
Inserted at:	16 Dec 2021 20:36 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000gbvs	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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