Overall Green Earthquake alert in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 05 Apr 2019 16:14 UTC

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M 6.5 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 05 Apr 2019 16:14 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 1175637
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	58.41 Km
Lat/Lon:	-55.9323 , -27.8457
Event Date:	05 Apr 2019 16:14 UTC 05 Apr 2019 14:14 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	05 Apr 2019 16:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us2000kav9	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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Articles: 241 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia To Install Tsunami Early Warning SystemTue, 09 Apr 2019 07:24:00 +0200.

Jakarta: Indonesia is set to install buoys and cable base tsunameters (CBT) near Mount Krakatau volcano on Wednesday to give early warning when tidal waves occur near the volcano, officials said. The move came following the tsunami triggere

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Indonesia to install early tsunami warning system near Mount KrakatauTue, 09 Apr 2019 05:04:00 +0200.

Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia plans to set up buoys and cable base tsunameters (CBT) near Mount Krakatau to give early warning if tidal waves occur. The move came following the December 2018 tsunami triggered by the eruption of Anak Krakatau vo

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Big quake unlikely, but caution needed: ReportTue, 09 Apr 2019 02:44:00 +0200.

A joint report by two government agencies has formally stated that ongoing seismic activity in Palghar is an “earthquake swarm”, implying that a strong earthquake is unlikely in the region. But it also says that it’s not known how long the

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Donegal feels magnitude 2.4 earthquakeMon, 08 Apr 2019 18:26:00 +0200.

Donegal has experienced one of its strongest earthquakes on record. People in south Donegal felt the magnitude 2.4 tremor at 11.58pm on Sunday. The quake occurred in the Donegal Bay area and was felt strongest in the south west of the count

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),

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