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*'''{{team flag|Palesmenia}}''' provided medical equipment and financial aid.
*'''{{team flag|Palesmenia}}''' provided medical equipment and financial aid.
* '''{{team flag|Senya}}''' offered aid in the form of financial assistance, blankets, medicine and food supplies.
* '''{{team flag|Senya}}''' offered aid in the form of financial assistance, blankets, medicine and food supplies.
* '''{{team flag|Sanama}}''' sent blankets, medicine and food supplies through the [[Red Sun and Moon Society]].

Revision as of 15:18, 3 May 2020

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2020 eruption of Montaña Blanca

Information below is for the largest tremor, labelled D on the above map
CMT time 2020-05-03 10:32:31
Local time 2020-05-03 15:32:31
Magnitude 6.7 Mw
Depth 8.1 km
Epicentre TBD
Areas affected North Antarctica, Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq
Casualties 127 dead, 952 injured

A series of micrasquakes occurred on 2 May 2020 (1684 AN), in North Antarctica and Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq killing at least 127 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. A fourth micrasquake struck on 3 May 2020, on the eastern coast of North Antarctica. This was the strongest of the micrasquakes, with a magnitude of 6.7 Mw.

List of micrasquakes

Event Date Local time (CMT difference) Magnitude (Mw) Epicentre
A 2 May 2020 06:22:25 (+5) 5.2 77°48'09"S 71°12'53"E
B 2 May 2020 17:42:44 (+5) 3.8
C 2 May 2020 20:37:14 (+4) 4.1
D 3 May 2020 15:32:31 (+5) 6.7

Damage

Several buildings in the southern part of Livingston were destroyed by the quakes, including over 750 residential properties.

Casualties

At least 127 people were killed in the micrasquakes, with a further 952 injured, 176 of those being severely injured.

Reactions

Domestic

The President of Mercury, Nick Perry has committed a unspecified amount of resources to help the affected areas rebuild. Following the fourth micrasquake on 3 May, he announced that he would visit Livingston to personally help with disaster relief efforts.

International

  • Confederate States of Floria Confederate States of Floria sent $1.4 million in aid and sent a team of 50 troops to assist distributing supplies.
  • Imperial Trade Union 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 Palesmenia provided medical equipment and financial aid.
  • Senya Senya offered aid in the form of financial assistance, blankets, medicine and food supplies.
  • Sanama Sanama sent blankets, medicine and food supplies through the Red Sun and Moon Society.