GDACS Daily Newsletter for 3/15/2010

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 3/15/2010

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 Off-shore area, (M 6.0, depth 10km, unpopulated) NEIC—Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:33:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations
	Automatic impact report Japan, (M 6.6, depth 39km, 2 million people) NEIC—Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:08:00 AM UTC JRC Tsunami height map: list of affected towns Documents from other organisations	News (provided by EMM) Strong earthquake rattles central Japan msnbc  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0100 A strong earthquake hits off the eastern coast of central Japan, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including Tokyo. What would happen if an earthquake hit Kenya? eastandard  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:05:00 +0100 Reports say that 50 per cent of buildings in Nairobi could not withstand a quake. "If a quake similar to Haiti?s hit Nairobi, the damage would be unthinkable," says University of Nairobi?s Prof Nobert Opiyo. See all 66 items...

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report ULUI-10 in SEPacific PDC—15 Mar 2010 Tropical Cyclone ULUI-10 of Saffir-Simpson Category 5 affected few people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and few people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, few people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

News (provided by EMM) Cyclone intensifies in Fiji nzherald  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:54:00 +0100 Reports are coming in of houses destroyed in northern Fiji by Cyclone Tomas as the category four storm barrels through the islands, causing flooding and severe swells.More than 40 emergency shelters have been set up in preparation... Cyclone bears down on the Solomon Islands abc-au  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:25:00 +0100 The Solomon Islands have issued a tropical storm warning as Cyclone Ului bears down on the region. See all 5 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.

Uganda - Mudslides, March 2010 2-Mar-2010 17:24

Chile - Earthquake 8.8M - February 2010 27-Feb-2010 08:21

Ukraine - Potential tailing dam collapse 18-Feb-2010 11:56

Tropical Cyclone Pat - Cook Islands, February 2010 10-Feb-2010 21:55

Haiti - Earthquake 7.0-7.2M - January 2010 12-Jan-2010 23:20

El Salvador: UNDAC Disaster Response Preparedness mission 25-Feb-2010 14:30

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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.

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ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

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Created on 3/15/2010 8:04:08 AM.