ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS Daily Newsletter for 7/19/2013

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 19/07/2013

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 upgrade

The JRC will shortly upgrade hardware and software underlying the GDACS monitoring, alert and public web system. User registration and changes to the alert profile will be unavailable for a short time, but other changes should be transparent. The main changes are:

Complete overhaul of the Earthquake and Tsunami system for better performance and with new alert models for tsunamis, support for national sub-systems and for different alert scales
Upgrade of the geospatial database system from ArcGIS Server 9.3 to 10, with new features for better maps
Migration of hardware from JRC corporate web zone to a dedicated subnet with more flexibility for scaling and deploying new beta products, and reducing the servers from 15 to 8 more powerful ones in a new architecture.

The new system can be previewed on http://w2.gdacs.org. Please let us know if you notice bugs with services you're using, in particular for syndicated feeds. After the switch (which will be announced in a further message), the old system will be available on http://w1.gdacs.org. Please don't hesitate to contact us for further information.

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 10.3km) in Solomon Is. 19/07/2013 05:20 UTC, About 21000 people within 100km.
	On 7/19/2013 5:20:10 AM, an earthquake occurred in Solomon Is. potentially affecting About 21000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.1M and depth 10.3km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 15.3km) in New Zealand 19/07/2013 03:21 UTC, 510000 people within 100km.
	On 7/19/2013 3:21:13 AM, an earthquake occurred in New Zealand potentially affecting 510000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 15.3km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5.4M and depth 24.6km) in Vanuatu 19/07/2013 02:20 UTC, About 45000 people within 100km.
	On 7/19/2013 2:20:41 AM, an earthquake occurred in Vanuatu potentially affecting About 45000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.4M and depth 24.6km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 6.5M and depth 8km) in Iceland 19/07/2013 01:11 UTC, About 27000 people within 100km.
	On 7/19/2013 1:11:36 AM, an earthquake occurred in Iceland potentially affecting About 27000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 6.5M and depth 8km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.5M and depth 35km) in China 18/07/2013 23:56 UTC, 2360000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 11:56:21 PM, an earthquake occurred in China potentially affecting 2360000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.5M and depth 35km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5M and depth 48.2km) in Japan 18/07/2013 23:44 UTC, 1310000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 11:44:13 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting 1310000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5M and depth 48.2km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.6M and depth 10km) in [unknown] 18/07/2013 23:30 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 11:30:08 PM, an earthquake occurred in [unknown] potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.6M and depth 10km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5.3M and depth 16.7km) in New Zealand 18/07/2013 21:06 UTC, 500000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 9:06:39 PM, an earthquake occurred in New Zealand potentially affecting 500000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.3M and depth 16.7km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.8M and depth 63km) in Guatemala 18/07/2013 19:48 UTC, 2670000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 7:48:15 PM, an earthquake occurred in Guatemala potentially affecting 2670000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.8M and depth 63km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.7M and depth 53.7km) in Japan 18/07/2013 17:05 UTC, 2970000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 5:05:06 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting 2970000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.7M and depth 53.7km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5.1M and depth 2.8km) in Indonesia 18/07/2013 15:43 UTC, 2260000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 3:43:07 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 2260000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.1M and depth 2.8km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone CIMARON-13. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 17/07/2013 to 18/07/2013, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 74 km/h) CIMARON-13 was active in NWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: China (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 5.1M and depth 19.1km) in Vanuatu 18/07/2013 09:59 UTC, About 61000 people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 9:59:33 AM, an earthquake occurred in Vanuatu potentially affecting About 61000 people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 5.1M and depth 19.1km.

	Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.7M and depth 28.7km) in Northern Mariana Is. 18/07/2013 09:32 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 7/18/2013 9:32:31 AM, an earthquake occurred in Northern Mariana Is. potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 4.7M and depth 28.7km.

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 19 Jul 2013 08:00 +02:00.

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