ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS daily newsletter for 22/10/2016

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 22/10/2016

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 17 October 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 4.8M, Depth:10km) in Guam 22/10/2016 02:00 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 10/22/2016 2:00:37 AM, an earthquake occurred in Guam potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:97.79km) in Guatemala 21/10/2016 19:51 UTC, 7361262 people within 100km.
	On 10/21/2016 7:51:16 PM, an earthquake occurred in Guatemala potentially affecting 7361262 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:97.79km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:53.53km) in Japan 21/10/2016 18:33 UTC, 1605774 people within 100km.
	On 10/21/2016 6:33:46 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting 1605774 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:53.53km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:22.22km) in [unknown] 21/10/2016 18:20 UTC, About 1063 people within 100km.
	On 10/21/2016 6:20:50 PM, an earthquake occurred in [unknown] potentially affecting About 1063 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:22.22km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km) in Papua New Guinea 21/10/2016 16:32 UTC, About 3673 people within 100km.
	On 10/21/2016 4:32:33 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting About 3673 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:97.34km) in Indonesia 21/10/2016 16:10 UTC, 458917 people within 100km.
	On 10/21/2016 4:10:53 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 458917 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:97.34km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:37.99km) in Russian Federation 21/10/2016 08:44 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 10/21/2016 8:44:50 AM, an earthquake occurred in Russian Federation potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:37.99km.

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

Typhoon Haima - Philippines

14-Oct-2016

updated: 19-Oct-2016

Hurricane Matthew - Caribbean region

28-Sep-2016

updated: 19-Oct-2016

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Created on 22 Oct 2016 08:10 +02:00.

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