ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS daily newsletter for 22/01/2015

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 22/01/2015

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.

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 5.7M, Depth:53.99km) in Papua New Guinea 21/01/2015 20:08 UTC, 511827 people within 100km.
	On 1/21/2015 8:08:33 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting 511827 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.7M, Depth:53.99km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:69.6km) in Papua New Guinea 21/01/2015 19:52 UTC, 429998 people within 100km.
	On 1/21/2015 7:52:57 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting 429998 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:69.6km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone NIKO-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 21/01/2015 to 21/01/2015, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 138 km/h) NIKO-15 was active in SEPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: French Polynesia (vulnerability High). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:4km) in Turkey 21/01/2015 13:58 UTC, 1482219 people within 100km.
	On 1/21/2015 1:58:03 PM, an earthquake occurred in Turkey potentially affecting 1482219 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:4km.

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 22 Jan 2015 08:00 +01:00.

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