GDACS daily newsletter for 18/02/2016

 

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 18/02/2016

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 15 February 2016The 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 4.7M, Depth:13km) in Crete, Greece 18/02/2016 02:40 UTC, About 97574 people within 100km.
	On 2/18/2016 2:40:23 AM, an earthquake occurred in Crete, Greece potentially affecting About 97574 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:13km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km) in Taiwan 18/02/2016 01:18 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 2/18/2016 1:18:33 AM, an earthquake occurred in Taiwan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km) in China 18/02/2016 01:09 UTC, 7436467 people within 100km.
	On 2/18/2016 1:09:41 AM, an earthquake occurred in China potentially affecting 7436467 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone URIAH-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 13/02/2016 to 18/02/2016, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 231 km/h) URIAH-16 was active in SWIndian. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone WINSTON-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 10/02/2016 to 18/02/2016, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 222 km/h) WINSTON-16 was active in SEPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:46.67km) in Tajikistan 17/02/2016 23:58 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 11:58:06 PM, an earthquake occurred in Tajikistan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:46.67km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:58.52km) in Indonesia 17/02/2016 19:26 UTC, 1009617 people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 7:26:55 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 1009617 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:58.52km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:48.43km) in Indonesia 17/02/2016 17:34 UTC, 302787 people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 5:34:08 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 302787 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:48.43km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 6M, Depth:10km) in Indonesia 17/02/2016 17:26 UTC, About 20203 people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 5:26:02 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting About 20203 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 6M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:71.14km) in Mindanao, Philippines 17/02/2016 15:48 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 3:48:17 PM, an earthquake occurred in Mindanao, Philippines potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:71.14km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km) in Mid-Indian Ridge 17/02/2016 15:26 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 3:26:29 PM, an earthquake occurred in Mid-Indian Ridge potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km) in Tonga 17/02/2016 11:15 UTC, About 83973 people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 11:15:24 AM, an earthquake occurred in Tonga potentially affecting About 83973 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:41.11km) in Chile 17/02/2016 10:54 UTC, 239755 people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 10:54:11 AM, an earthquake occurred in Chile potentially affecting 239755 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:41.11km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:10km) in [unknown] 17/02/2016 07:44 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 7:44:24 AM, an earthquake occurred in [unknown] potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:71.49km) in Indonesia 17/02/2016 07:32 UTC, About 6552 people within 100km.
	On 2/17/2016 7:32:11 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting About 6552 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:71.49km.

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

Myanmar Floods 3-August-2015 updated: 13-August-2015

7.9M Earthquake in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:11 UTC 25-Apr-2015 updated: 9-August-2015 EQ-2015-000048-NPL

Typhoon Maysak - FS Micronesia 31-March-2015 updated: 14-Apr-2015

Chile - floods 26-March-2015 updated: 27-Apr-2015 FL-2015-000027-CHL

Tropical Cyclone Pam 11-March-2015 updated: 30-July-2015 TC-2015-000023-VUT

Typhoon Chan-hom 11-July-2015 updated: 11-July-2015

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