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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

GDACS daily newsletter for 05/01/2016

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 05/01/2016

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.

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:98.27km) in New Zealand 04/01/2016 23:57 UTC, 107557 people within 100km.
	On 1/4/2016 11:57:45 PM, an earthquake occurred in New Zealand potentially affecting 107557 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:98.27km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:34.02km) in Indonesia 04/01/2016 21:09 UTC, 104408 people within 100km.
	On 1/4/2016 9:09:03 PM, an earthquake occurred in Indonesia potentially affecting 104408 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:34.02km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km) in Greece 04/01/2016 18:00 UTC, 467767 people within 100km.
	On 1/4/2016 6:00:55 PM, an earthquake occurred in Greece potentially affecting 467767 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:10km.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone ULA-16. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 30/12/2015 to 04/01/2016, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 167 km/h) ULA-16 was active in SEPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Niue, Tonga (vulnerability High). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:18.96km) in Venezuela 04/01/2016 14:59 UTC, 1527983 people within 100km.
	On 1/4/2016 2:59:11 PM, an earthquake occurred in Venezuela potentially affecting 1527983 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:18.96km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.2M, Depth:22.12km) in Philippines 04/01/2016 14:36 UTC, 150750 people within 100km.
	On 1/4/2016 2:36:15 PM, an earthquake occurred in Philippines potentially affecting 150750 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.2M, Depth:22.12km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:40.54km) in China 04/01/2016 10:27 UTC, 1102785 people within 100km.
	On 1/4/2016 10:27:07 AM, an earthquake occurred in China potentially affecting 1102785 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.7M, Depth:40.54km.

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 05 Jan 2016 08:00 +01:00.

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