M 5.5 in West Of Macquarie Island on 08 Mar 2022 17:14 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 1312995
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.1448 , 145.8055
Event Date: 08 Mar 2022 17:14 UTC
09 Mar 2022 03:14 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 08 Mar 2022 17:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0000123
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000h33h Scaled population (vector) 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
Satellite products
Analytical products
  • OpenStreetMap
    The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.
200 km
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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.

Latest media headlines

Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.1 just reported 98 km west of Co.. 3/12/2022 1:53:00 PM.

Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Copiapo, Copiapó, Atacama, Chile. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday, March 12th, 2022, at 7:27 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The ev
...(more)
Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - JAVA, INDONESIA, on Saturday, March 12,.. 3/12/2022 7:49:00 AM.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake near Pelabuhanratu, West Java, Indonesia, was reported only 10 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity
...(more)
Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake 69 km southwest of Pelabuhanratu, In.. 3/12/2022 7:49:00 AM.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake near Pelabuhanratu, West Java, Indonesia, was reported only 10 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity
...(more)
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes near Pelabuhanratu, West Java, Indone.. 3/12/2022 7:20:00 AM.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Pelabuhanratu, West Java, Indonesia, was reported only 13 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0PopulationPopulation near epicentersource JRC100 km75 km50 km20 km10 km5 km2 km0

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),