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* '''{{team flag| | * '''{{team flag|Confederate States of Floria}}''' sent $1.4 million in aid and sent a team of 50 troops to assist distributing supplies. | ||
* '''{{team flag|Imperial Trade Union}}''' | * '''{{team flag|Imperial Trade Union}}''' offered their support and condolences for the lives lost as a result of the earthquake and prepared War League forces, stationed in the [[Domain of the North Antarctic]], mostly unaffected by the earthquakes, to provide assistance. | ||
* '''{{team flag| | *'''{{team flag|Palesmenia}}''' provided medical equipment and financial aid. | ||
*'''{{team flag| | * '''{{team flag|Senya}}''' offered aid in the form of financial assistance, blankets, medicine and food supplies. | ||
Revision as of 02:06, 3 May 2020
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 Information below is for the largest tremor | |
| CMT time | 2020-05-02 01:22:25 |
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| Local time | 2020-05-02 06:22:25 |
| Magnitude | 5.2 Mw |
| Depth | 5.3 km |
| Epicentre | 77°48'09"S 71°12'53"E |
| Areas affected | North Antarctica, Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq |
| Casualties | 28 dead, 551 injured (total) |
A series of micrasquakes occurred on 2 May 2020 (1684 AN), in North Antarctica and Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq killing 28 people. The first struck at 6:22 a.m. local time (01:22 CMT) with a magnitude of 5.2 Mw, at a depth of 5.3 kilometres. The epicentre was around 12 kilometres south of Livingston. Two further tremors were felt throughout the day.
Aftershocks
A second micrasquake of magnitude 3.8 Mw followed, at 5:42 p.m. local time on the same day, 65km further west from the original tremor. A third tremor occured in eastern Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq, of magnitude 4.1 Mw at 8:37 p.m. local time.
Damage
Several buildings in the southern part of Livingston were destroyed by the quakes, including over 750 residential properties.
Casualties
A total of 28 people were killed in the micrasquakes, with a further 551 injured, 63 of those being severely injured.
Reactions
Domestic
International
Confederate States of Floria sent $1.4 million in aid and sent a team of 50 troops to assist distributing supplies.
Imperial Trade Union offered their support and condolences for the lives lost as a result of the earthquake and prepared War League forces, stationed in the Domain of the North Antarctic, mostly unaffected by the earthquakes, to provide assistance.
Palesmenia provided medical equipment and financial aid.
Senya offered aid in the form of financial assistance, blankets, medicine and food supplies.
