GDACS daily newsletter for 17/03/2016

 

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 17/03/2016

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 14 March 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:10km) in Philippines 16/03/2016 22:46 UTC, 7088775 people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 10:46:29 PM, an earthquake occurred in Philippines potentially affecting 7088775 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone EMERAUDE-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 15/03/2016 to 16/03/2016, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 231 km/h) EMERAUDE-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 earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:35km) in Indonesia 16/03/2016 17:32 UTC, About 90418 people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 5:32:20 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting About 90418 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:35km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:5km) in Morocco 16/03/2016 16:27 UTC, 1602148 people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 4:27:33 PM, an earthquake occurred in Morocco potentially affecting 1602148 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:5km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km) in Indonesia 16/03/2016 13:11 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 1:11:27 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.6M, Depth:10km) in Philippines 16/03/2016 13:09 UTC, About 2354 people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 1:09:52 PM, an earthquake occurred in Philippines potentially affecting About 2354 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.6M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:41.1km) in Philippines 16/03/2016 12:04 UTC, About 2330 people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 12:04:57 PM, an earthquake occurred in Philippines potentially affecting About 2330 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:41.1km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone SIXTEEN-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 16/03/2016 to 16/03/2016, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 65 km/h) SIXTEEN-16 was active in NTerritory. 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 4.9M, Depth:10km) in Central East Pacific Rise 16/03/2016 11:27 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 11:27:48 AM, an earthquake occurred in Central East Pacific Rise potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km) in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 16/03/2016 09:24 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 9:24:23 AM, an earthquake occurred in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km) in West Of Macquarie Island 16/03/2016 09:13 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/16/2016 9:13:36 AM, an earthquake occurred in West Of Macquarie Island potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km.

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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