ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS Daily Newsletter for 4/24/2013

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 24/04/2013

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 will stop using EMSC information until further notice

EMSC briefly published a wrong solution for the Russian earthquake effectively locating it in France. GDACS picked up this information, but was not able to automatically correct after EMSC removed the wrong location. This is the second time in one week that EMSC published wrong locations, both in France. To avoid future false alerts, GDACS will stop using EMSC information until a better mechanism is in place.

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 4.7M and depth 50.3km) in Indonesia 24/04/2013 05:01 UTC, 190000 people within 100km.
	On 4/24/2013 5:01:49 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 190000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.7M and depth 50.3km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.7M and depth 17.1km) in Honduras 24/04/2013 02:04 UTC, 2390000 people within 100km.
	On 4/24/2013 2:04:23 AM, an earthquake occurred in Honduras potentially affecting 2390000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.7M and depth 17.1km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.6M and depth 30.2km) in Japan 24/04/2013 00:37 UTC, About 5000 people within 100km.
	On 4/24/2013 12:37:36 AM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting About 5000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.6M and depth 30.2km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 6.5M and depth 16.3km) in Papua New Guinea 23/04/2013 23:14 UTC, 250000 people within 100km.
	On 4/23/2013 11:14:42 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting 250000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 6.5M and depth 16.3km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.6M and depth 40.5km) in Philippines 23/04/2013 15:43 UTC, 800000 people within 100km.
	On 4/23/2013 3:43:53 PM, an earthquake occurred in Philippines potentially affecting 800000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.6M and depth 40.5km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 30.8km) in United States 23/04/2013 08:55 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 4/23/2013 8:55:06 AM, an earthquake occurred in United States potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 30.8km.

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 24 Apr 2013 08:00 +02:00.

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