GDACS Daily Newsletter for 1/4/2010

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 1/4/2010

This daily newsletter provides an overview of the natural disasters that happened in the last 24 hours and response measures for ongoing disasters. GDACS currently covers earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions and floods. The color coding (red, orange, green) is related to the estimated humanitarian impact of the event.

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Disaster events in the last 24 hours

GDACS detected the following potential disasters. For up-to-date media coverage, latest maps and ReliefWeb content related to these disasters, please go to GDACS homepage.

Earthquakes (source JRC, USGS and EMSC)

	Automatic impact report Solomon Is., (M 7.2, depth 30.5km, 66000 people) NEIC—Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:36:00 PM UTC JRC Tsunami height map: list of affected towns Documents from other organisations	News (provided by EMM) 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits near Solomon Islands xinhuanet_en  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:30:00 +0100 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands early Monday in local time, the second quake in less than an hour, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday. According to the USGS, the quake occurred at about 9:36 a.m. local time on Monday (2236 GMT on Sunday) at a depth of 19 miles (30. Earthquake hits near Solomon Islands, no tsunami alertnet  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:41:00 +0100 * Quake magnitude 6.5-USGS * No tsunami threat (Adds comment) CANBERRA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A moderate magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage, local police and media said. See all 25 items...
	Automatic impact report Solomon Is., (M 6.5, depth 10km, 69000 people) NEIC—Sunday, January 03, 2010 9:48:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations	News (provided by EMM) 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits near Solomon Islands xinhuanet_en  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:30:00 +0100 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands early Monday in local time, the second quake in less than an hour, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday. According to the USGS, the quake occurred at about 9:36 a.m. local time on Monday (2236 GMT on Sunday) at a depth of 19 miles (30. Earthquake hits near Solomon Islands, no tsunami alertnet  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:41:00 +0100 * Quake magnitude 6.5-USGS * No tsunami threat (Adds comment) CANBERRA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A moderate magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage, local police and media said. See all 25 items...

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Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. If you are involved in an ongoing emergency as a local emergency management authority or as an international responder, please provide your information in the GDACS Virtual OSOCC. The following emergencies are currently open.

No open emergencies

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

No content published since yesterday.

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UNOSAT Maps

See all maps produced by UNOSAT.

No content published since yesterday.

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ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

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Created on 1/4/2010 8:02:14 AM.