GDACS daily newsletter for 26/12/2015

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 26/12/2015

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.

	Orange earthquake alert (Magnitude 6.3M, Depth:203.4km) in Afghanistan 25/12/2015 19:14 UTC, 793404 people within 100km.
	On 12/25/2015 7:14:47 PM, an earthquake occurred in Afghanistan potentially affecting 793404 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 6.3M, Depth:203.4km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:42.45km) in Japan 25/12/2015 16:42 UTC, 2281786 people within 100km.
	On 12/25/2015 4:42:27 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting 2281786 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:42.45km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:35km) in Chile 25/12/2015 15:11 UTC, 553898 people within 100km.
	On 12/25/2015 3:11:50 PM, an earthquake occurred in Chile potentially affecting 553898 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:35km.

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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Created on 26 Dec 2015 08:00 +01:00.

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