GDACS daily newsletter for 21/05/2017

 

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 21/05/2017

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.

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:10km) in Japan 21/05/2017 05:05 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 5/21/2017 5:05:30 AM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:10km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:35km) in Indonesia 21/05/2017 04:54 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 5/21/2017 4:54:22 AM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:35km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:56.46km) in Indonesia 20/05/2017 18:10 UTC, About 9033 people within 100km.
	On 5/20/2017 6:10:12 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting About 9033 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:56.46km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:29.97km) in Mexico 20/05/2017 16:58 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 5/20/2017 4:58:40 PM, an earthquake occurred in Mexico potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:29.97km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:20.32km) in Japan 20/05/2017 14:40 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 5/20/2017 2:40:48 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:20.32km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:8.73km) in Japan 20/05/2017 11:26 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 5/20/2017 11:26:28 AM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:8.73km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.2M, Depth:41.62km) in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 20/05/2017 07:15 UTC, No people within 100km.
	On 5/20/2017 7:15:01 AM, an earthquake occurred in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.2M, Depth:41.62km.

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

TC Donna (Vanuatu) 4-May-2017 updated: 4-May-2017

Peru - floods 17-Mar-2017 updated: 16-Apr-2017 FL-2017-000014-PER

Tropical cyclone ENAWO - Madagascar 5-Mar-2017 updated: 25-Apr-2017 TC20170306MDG

Earthquake (7.2M,depth:10km) in Philippines at 4/28/2017 0423hrs local time 29-Apr-2017 updated: 2-May-2017

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Created on 21 May 2017 08:10 +02:00.

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