ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS daily newsletter for 08/01/2015

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 08/01/2015

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

Satellite Mapping Overview as of 05 January 2015The latest overview report of current ongoing satellite mapping activities related to humanitarian disasters is available.

It is intended for disaster managers, operations centres, desk officers and others that need syntheses of what goes on in this field. The service is operated by the GDACS mapping & satellite imagery coordination mechanism: UNITAR Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). We encourage any satellite mapping production entity to submit information about their products so we can include it in future summaries

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 4.8M, Depth:24.64km) in Vancouver Island, Canada Region 08/01/2015 02:02 UTC, 165660 people within 100km.
	On 1/8/2015 2:02:53 AM, an earthquake occurred in Vancouver Island, Canada Region potentially affecting 165660 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:24.64km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km) in Iran, Islamic Republic of 07/01/2015 16:26 UTC, 783237 people within 100km.
	On 1/7/2015 4:26:04 PM, an earthquake occurred in Iran, Islamic Republic of potentially affecting 783237 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:52.16km) in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 07/01/2015 14:45 UTC, 565051 people within 100km.
	On 1/7/2015 2:45:36 PM, an earthquake occurred in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. potentially affecting 565051 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:52.16km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:54.09km) in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 07/01/2015 12:27 UTC, 605658 people within 100km.
	On 1/7/2015 12:27:16 PM, an earthquake occurred in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. potentially affecting 605658 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:54.09km.

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 Jan 2015 08:00 +01:00.

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