M 4.9 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 20 Oct 2021 19:37 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 1291252
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.7997 , -25.368
Event Date: 20 Oct 2021 19:37 UTC
20 Oct 2021 17:37 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 26 Oct 2021 21:16 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fw8f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 350 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Topic #Earthquake2021-10-24T18:02+0200.

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What causes earthquakes and what have been the most powerful tremors?2021-10-24T17:22+0200.

The earth's crust is made up of different pieces known as tectonic plates. These plates fit together like a jigsaw and continuously move at a rate of a few centimetres a year, in different directions and at different speeds. It's common for
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Strong earthquake shakes Taiwan 6.5 intensity was recorded2021-10-24T15:43+0200.

Taipei: (www.kvartha.com 24.10.2021) Strong earthquake shakes Taiwan An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook northeastern Taiwan. Homes in the capital, Taipei, were shaken, locals said. No casualties were reported in the inci
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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),