M 5.3 in East Of South Sandwich Islands on 15 Nov 2017 02:02 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 1126449
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -59.0385 , -17.1484
Event Date: 15 Nov 2017 02:02 UTC
15 Nov 2017 01:02 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Nov 2017 02:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bnnl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 668 | About casualties: 112 | Last hour: 0

Greek flooding toll reaches 19, as more bodies foundSun, 19 Nov 2017 01:06:00 +0100.

ATHENS: Greek police and emergency workers rescued three bodies in flood-hit areas west of Athens on Saturday, bringing the death toll since Wednesday to 19. “The bodies of three men discovered on Saturday, aged 28, 58, and 35, have been id
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Death toll from Greek flooding rises to 19Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:58:00 +0100.

Greek police and emergency workers recovered three bodies in flood-hit areas west of Athens yesterday, bringing the death toll since Wednesday to 19. “The bodies of three men discovered on Saturday, aged 28, 58, and 35, have been identified
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In Greece: Flooding toll reaches 19, as more bodies foundSat, 18 Nov 2017 21:16:00 +0100.

Greek police and emergency workers rescued three bodies in flood-hit areas west of Athens on Saturday, bringing the death toll since Wednesday to 19. "The bodies of three men discovered on Saturday, aged 28, 58, and 35, have been identified
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Un jeune héros grec sauve un couple d'une coulée de boue meurtrièreSat, 18 Nov 2017 21:10:00 +0100.

vidéo La banlieue ouest d'Athènes est en proie à des inondations meurtrières depuis plusieurs jours. Alors que le bilan s'est alourdi à 24 morts, un jeune héros a sauvé deux vies. Ravagée par les inondations, la banlieue ouest d'Athènes n'e
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),