ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS daily newsletter for 22/12/2016

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 22/12/2016

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 19 December 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:32.99km) in Russian Federation 22/12/2016 06:06 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 12/22/2016 6:06:04 AM, an earthquake occurred in Russian Federation potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:32.99km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:69.89km) in Philippines 22/12/2016 03:02 UTC, 1576409 people within 100km.
	On 12/22/2016 3:02:31 AM, an earthquake occurred in Philippines potentially affecting 1576409 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:69.89km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km) in Papua New Guinea 22/12/2016 00:59 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 12/22/2016 12:59:26 AM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:10km.

	Red alert for tropical cyclone NOCK-TEN-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 5.673 million.
	From 21/12/2016 to 22/12/2016, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 185 km/h) NOCK-TEN-16 was active in NWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Philippines (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 5.673 million.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:66.01km) in Russian Federation 21/12/2016 23:55 UTC, About 1279 people within 100km.
	On 12/21/2016 11:55:54 PM, an earthquake occurred in Russian Federation potentially affecting About 1279 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:66.01km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5M, Depth:24.38km) in Papua New Guinea 21/12/2016 23:27 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 12/21/2016 11:27:35 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5M, Depth:24.38km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:26.17km) in Papua New Guinea 21/12/2016 22:45 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 12/21/2016 10:45:35 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:26.17km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone YVETTE-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 19/12/2016 to 21/12/2016, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 93 km/h) YVETTE-16 was active in SEIndian. The cyclone affects these countries: Australia (vulnerability Low). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.9M, Depth:16.96km) in Mariana Islands Region 21/12/2016 16:43 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 12/21/2016 4:43:58 PM, an earthquake occurred in Mariana Islands Region potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.9M, Depth:16.96km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:18.68km) in Japan 21/12/2016 11:34 UTC, About 56133 people within 100km.
	On 12/21/2016 11:34:14 AM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting About 56133 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:18.68km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:84.14km) in Peru 21/12/2016 11:18 UTC, 734372 people within 100km.
	On 12/21/2016 11:18:59 AM, an earthquake occurred in Peru potentially affecting 734372 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:84.14km.

Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

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Created on 22 Dec 2016 08:10 +01:00.

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