ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS Daily Newsletter for 4/13/2014

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 13/04/2014

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

Global Floods Partnership: Survey on how to build a better flood record

The Global Flood Partnership, recently kicked off from the GDACS sponsored Global Flood Working Group, is leading the way in producing a global flood record to collate and catalogue records of floods to a consistent and coherent standard. While it is unlikely that the needs of every user can be met, we invite potential users of the flood record to have a say in how they would prefer information on floods to be recorded. Let us know what you expect (deadline 15 April 2014): Start Survey

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 4.9M, Depth:5km) in United States 13/04/2014 00:04 UTC, About 12420 people within 100km.
	On 4/13/2014 12:04:41 AM, an earthquake occurred in United States potentially affecting About 12420 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:5km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:62.65km) in Mindanao, Philippines 12/04/2014 21:50 UTC, 2142583 people within 100km.
	On 4/12/2014 9:50:53 PM, an earthquake occurred in Mindanao, Philippines potentially affecting 2142583 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:62.65km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:29.31km) in Solomon Islands 12/04/2014 20:14 UTC, About 17954 people within 100km.
	On 4/12/2014 8:14:39 PM, an earthquake occurred in Solomon Islands potentially affecting About 17954 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:29.31km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone ITA-14. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.1 million.
	From 05/04/2014 to 12/04/2014, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 249 km/h) ITA-14 was active in SWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Australia (vulnerability Low). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.1 million.

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.

Open emergencies

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Created on 13 Apr 2014 08:00 +02:00.

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