ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS Daily Newsletter for 3/8/2013

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 08/03/2013

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.

GDACS News

GDACS uses Twitter for assessing secondary effects of earthquakes

A new experimental product is available under the 'media' tab of each earthquake report. Tweets are analyzed automatically to detect the occurrence of secondary effects like landslides, natech incidents, tsunamis, etc. Read more.

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.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5.1M and depth 21.9km) in Indonesia 08/03/2013 04:55 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/8/2013 4:55:21 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.1M and depth 21.9km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 78.3km) in Tonga 08/03/2013 04:40 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/8/2013 4:40:22 AM, an earthquake occurred in Tonga potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 78.3km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 39.5km) in Indonesia 08/03/2013 01:54 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/8/2013 1:54:15 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 39.5km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone SANDRA-13. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 08/03/2013 to 08/03/2013, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 175 km/h) SANDRA-13 was active in SWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: New Caledonia (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.3M and depth 15km) in Turkey 07/03/2013 21:51 UTC, 2680000 people within 100km.
	On 3/7/2013 9:51:00 PM, an earthquake occurred in Turkey potentially affecting 2680000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.3M and depth 15km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5.5M and depth 241.5km) in Vanuatu 07/03/2013 20:55 UTC, About 32000 people within 100km.
	On 3/7/2013 8:55:53 PM, an earthquake occurred in Vanuatu potentially affecting About 32000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.5M and depth 241.5km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 19.7km) in Pakistan 07/03/2013 15:56 UTC, 3600000 people within 100km.
	On 3/7/2013 3:56:40 PM, an earthquake occurred in Pakistan potentially affecting 3600000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 19.7km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 10.1km) in China 07/03/2013 08:07 UTC, 14020000 people within 100km.
	On 3/7/2013 8:07:21 AM, an earthquake occurred in China potentially affecting 14020000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 10.1km.

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.

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Created on 08 Mar 2013 08:00 +01:00.

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