ภัยพิบัติ: V4GDACS daily newsletter for 13/01/2015

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 13/01/2015

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 4.9M, Depth:66.53km) in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 13/01/2015 05:24 UTC, 370172 people within 100km.
	On 1/13/2015 5:24:47 AM, an earthquake occurred in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. potentially affecting 370172 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:66.53km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:55.8km) in Kyushu, Japan 12/01/2015 23:51 UTC, 2504628 people within 100km.
	On 1/12/2015 11:51:35 PM, an earthquake occurred in Kyushu, Japan potentially affecting 2504628 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:55.8km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone BANSI-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 11/01/2015 to 12/01/2015, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 278 km/h) BANSI-15 was active in SWIndian. The cyclone affects these countries: Mauritius (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

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

Bangladesh "Sundarbans" Oil-Spill
15-December-2014
updated: 2-January-2015

Tropical Cyclone Hagupit
5-December-2014
updated: 31-December-2014

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Created on 13 Jan 2015 08:00 +01:00.

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