M 6 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 25 Jan 2022 01:24 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 11 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.388 , -28.7949
Event Date: 25 Jan 2022 01:24 UTC
24 Jan 2022 23:24 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gery
Inserted at: 25 Jan 2022 02:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is.)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gery 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1423040 0 25 Jan 2022 01:24 6M, 35km 3.47 No people affected (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1423041 0 25 Jan 2022 01:24 6M, 11km 3.34 No people affected (in 100km) 00:37 NEIC
1423400 0 25 Jan 2022 01:24 6M, 11km 3.33 No people affected (in 100km) 2d 03:44 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1423041 -55.428/-28.765 6.0 35.0 3.47 25 Jan 2022 01:48 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1423041 -55.388/-28.795 6.0 11.0 3.395 25 Jan 2022 02:06 00:41 (upd of #1)
3 0 1423041 -55.388/-28.795 6.0 11.0 3.395 25 Jan 2022 03:30 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1423041 -55.388/-28.795 6.0 11.0 3.343 26 Jan 2022 01:40 1d 00:15 (upd of #3)
5 0 1423400 -55.359/-28.74 6.0 11.0 3.334 27 Jan 2022 05:40 2d 04:15 (new episode)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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