GDACS Daily Newsletter for 10/24/2011

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 10/24/2011

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 (JRC) Turkey, (M 6.0, depth 10km, 1 million people) EMSC—Sunday, October 23, 2011 8:45:00 PM UTC Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap 6 - EASTERN TURKEY Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:01:10 +0000 Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:45:37 UTC Lat/Lon: 38.5551/43.161 Depth: 9.8
	Automatic impact report (JRC) Turkey, (M 7.2, depth 20km, 1 million people) NEIC—Sunday, October 23, 2011 10:41:00 AM UTC Documents from other organisations USGS Shakemap 7.2 - EASTERN TURKEY Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:08:16 +0000 Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:41:21 UTC Lat/Lon: 38.628/43.486 Depth: 20

Current tropical cyclones (source JRC and Pacific Disaster Center)

Automatic impact report (JRC) RINA-11 in Atlantic PDC—24 Oct 2011 Tropical Cyclone RINA-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 affected 7 thousand 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.

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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.

Earthquake in the Van Province, Turkey 23-Oct-2011 14:21

Central America region - floods 20-Oct-2011 19:17

Nicaragua - floods 18-Oct-2011 23:45

Southeast Asia: Flooding 13-Oct-2011 16:45

6.8M Earthquake - Sikkim, INDIA 18-Sep-2011 18:39

Bahamas - Hurricane Irene 27-Aug-2011 16:55

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ReliefWeb Situation Reports

More content on ongoing disasters on ReliefWeb.

Honduras: Low pressure system - Situation Report #5 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:30:49 +0000 Source:  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country:  Honduras I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES ? State of emergency declared by the government in 12 departments. ? Main damages in Choluteca and Valle Departments. ? Improvement in weather conditions allows access to communities which have remained out of reach over the last week. Relief aid is starting to be delivered in these communities. ? Displaced people in shelters are also starting to return to their homes. ? Heavy rains in the North part of the country (Colon, Atlantida, Gracias a Dios and Islas de la Bahia departments) as a consequence of the arrival of the cold front; monitoring of the situation in place ongoing.

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UNOSAT Maps

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No content published since yesterday.

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ReliefWeb Maps

More maps in ReliefWeb Map Centre.

Eastern Turkey: 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Maps (as of 23 Oct 2011) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:03:34 +0000 Link: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2011/eq_111023_b0006bqc/neic_b0006bqc_l.html Note: two pages Country:  Turkey Source:  US Geological Survey

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Created on 10/24/2011 7:59:47 AM.