M 5.3 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 15 Sep 2021 10:22 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 1285746
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.894 , -23.5372
Event Date: 15 Sep 2021 10:22 UTC
15 Sep 2021 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2021 18:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000fbdr Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 376 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

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Biden administration to deport migrant crowds in Texas border city: me ... 2021-09-19T02:54+0200.

A Haitian migrant from a temporary encampment under the international Bridge in Del Rio, TX crosses into Acua, MX to look for food, water, shelter and other supplies on Sept 18, 2021 in Acua, Mexico. [Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTON/HOUSTON -- U
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Biden administration to deport migrant crowds in Texas bo...2021-09-19T02:05+0200.

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Saturday it would start to swiftly deport thousands of Haitian migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and gathering under a bridge in Del
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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),