GDACS daily newsletter for 01/04/2016

 

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 01/04/2016

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 29 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 4.6M, Depth:53.57km) in Chile 01/04/2016 03:13 UTC, 239690 people within 100km.
	On 4/1/2016 3:13:19 AM, an earthquake occurred in Chile potentially affecting 239690 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:53.57km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 6M, Depth:10km) in Japan 01/04/2016 02:39 UTC, 228065 people within 100km.
	On 4/1/2016 2:39:07 AM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting 228065 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 6M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.5M, Depth:10km) in Guam 01/04/2016 01:01 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 4/1/2016 1:01:43 AM, an earthquake occurred in Guam potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.5M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:11.08km) in Indonesia 31/03/2016 19:38 UTC, 147102 people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 7:38:42 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 147102 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.1M, Depth:11.08km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:76.32km) in Papua New Guinea 31/03/2016 19:29 UTC, About 71105 people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 7:29:01 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting About 71105 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:76.32km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:40km) in Greece 31/03/2016 15:38 UTC, About 70227 people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 3:38:40 PM, an earthquake occurred in Greece potentially affecting About 70227 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:40km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:42.4km) in Indonesia 31/03/2016 12:43 UTC, About 14397 people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 12:43:42 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting About 14397 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:42.4km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km) in Japan 31/03/2016 12:38 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 12:38:15 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:39.54km) in Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 31/03/2016 12:34 UTC, Few people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 12:34:06 PM, an earthquake occurred in Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands potentially affecting Few people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:39.54km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.4M, Depth:10km) in Guam 31/03/2016 12:30 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 12:30:30 PM, an earthquake occurred in Guam potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.4M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:92.65km) in Chile 31/03/2016 07:53 UTC, 154797 people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 7:53:28 AM, an earthquake occurred in Chile potentially affecting 154797 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:92.65km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:33.38km) in Northern And Central Iran 31/03/2016 07:15 UTC, 1426144 people within 100km.
	On 3/31/2016 7:15:20 AM, an earthquake occurred in Northern And Central Iran potentially affecting 1426144 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:33.38km.

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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