GDACS daily newsletter for 05/04/2016

 

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 05/04/2016

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 04 April 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 4.5M, Depth:40.67km) in Chile 04/04/2016 23:12 UTC, 397186 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 11:12:18 PM, an earthquake occurred in Chile potentially affecting 397186 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:40.67km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:39.3km) in Vanuatu 04/04/2016 21:03 UTC, About 12828 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 9:03:35 PM, an earthquake occurred in Vanuatu potentially affecting About 12828 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:39.3km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:42.35km) in W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia 04/04/2016 17:11 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 5:11:04 PM, an earthquake occurred in W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:42.35km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:13.81km) in Mid-Indian Ridge 04/04/2016 16:16 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 4:16:19 PM, an earthquake occurred in Mid-Indian Ridge potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:13.81km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:3.8km) in United States 04/04/2016 14:00 UTC, About 528 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 2:00:35 PM, an earthquake occurred in United States potentially affecting About 528 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:3.8km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:48.57km) in Solomon Islands 04/04/2016 13:35 UTC, About 14083 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 1:35:28 PM, an earthquake occurred in Solomon Islands potentially affecting About 14083 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:48.57km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:0km) in United States 04/04/2016 13:30 UTC, About 579 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 1:30:15 PM, an earthquake occurred in United States potentially affecting About 579 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:0km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.3M, Depth:35km) in Vanuatu 04/04/2016 13:23 UTC, About 7847 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 1:23:12 PM, an earthquake occurred in Vanuatu potentially affecting About 7847 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.3M, Depth:35km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.3M, Depth:23.03km) in Chile 04/04/2016 12:32 UTC, 215882 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 12:32:44 PM, an earthquake occurred in Chile potentially affecting 215882 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.3M, Depth:23.03km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:35km) in Indonesia 04/04/2016 11:13 UTC, 1152501 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 11:13:58 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 1152501 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:35km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:10km) in Vanuatu 04/04/2016 08:22 UTC, About 18836 people within 100km.
	On 4/4/2016 8:22:03 AM, an earthquake occurred in Vanuatu potentially affecting About 18836 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, 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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