M 5.6 in Antarctica on 28 Nov 2019 00:26 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 1195351
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -60.9152 , -50.8828
Event Date: 28 Nov 2019 00:26 UTC
27 Nov 2019 21:26 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Nov 2019 02:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Antarctica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006e09 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),