ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS daily newsletter for 10/02/2015

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 10/02/2015

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 09 February 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 4.5M, Depth:10km) in Turkey 10/02/2015 04:01 UTC, 4103773 people within 100km.
	On 2/10/2015 4:01:56 AM, an earthquake occurred in Turkey potentially affecting 4103773 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:1.4km) in Syrian Arab Republic 10/02/2015 03:24 UTC, 1378721 people within 100km.
	On 2/10/2015 3:24:56 AM, an earthquake occurred in Syrian Arab Republic potentially affecting 1378721 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:1.4km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone HIGOS-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 07/02/2015 to 10/02/2015, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 157 km/h) HIGOS-15 was active in NWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Orange flood alert in Malawi
	On 01/01/2015, a flood started in Malawi, lasting until 09/02/2015 (last update). The flood caused 276 killed and 336000 displaced .

	Green flood alert in Bolivia
	On 05/01/2015, a flood started in Bolivia, lasting until 09/02/2015 (last update). The flood caused 23 killed and 1000 displaced .

	Green flood alert in Greece
	On 01/02/2015, a flood started in Greece, lasting until 09/02/2015 (last update). The flood caused 3 killed and 500 displaced .

	Green flood alert in Indonesia
	On 05/02/2015, a flood started in Indonesia, lasting until 09/02/2015 (last update). The flood caused 0 killed and 300 displaced .

	Green flood alert in Australia
	On 05/02/2015, a flood started in Australia, lasting until 09/02/2015 (last update). The flood caused 0 killed and 0 displaced .

	Green flood alert in Madagascar
	On 05/01/2015, a flood started in Madagascar, lasting until 09/02/2015 (last update). The flood caused 0 killed and 20000 displaced .

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:45.1km) in Solomon Islands 09/02/2015 15:14 UTC, About 5784 people within 100km.
	On 2/9/2015 3:14:59 PM, an earthquake occurred in Solomon Islands potentially affecting About 5784 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:45.1km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:44.6km) in Indonesia 09/02/2015 08:39 UTC, 1036456 people within 100km.
	On 2/9/2015 8:39:28 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 1036456 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:44.6km.

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

Malawi Floods
14-January-2015
updated: 5-February-2015

Bangladesh "Sundarbans" Oil-Spill
15-December-2014
updated: 29-January-2015

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Created on 10 Feb 2015 08:00 +01:00.

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