Columbia Mountain Times™: GDACS daily newsletter for 14/06/2015

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Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 14/06/2015

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 alert for tropical cyclone CARLOS-15. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.6 million.
	From 11/06/2015 to 14/06/2015, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 167 km/h) CARLOS-15 was active in EastPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Mexico (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.6 million.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:35km) in Papua New Guinea 13/06/2015 15:07 UTC, About 53329 people within 100km.
	On 6/13/2015 3:07:11 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting About 53329 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.6M, Depth:35km.

	Green earthquake alert (Magnitude 5.6M, Depth:10km) in Papua New Guinea 13/06/2015 07:08 UTC, 173217 people within 100km.
	On 6/13/2015 7:08:58 AM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting 173217 people within 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.6M, Depth:10km.

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

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Created on 14 Jun 2015 08:00 +02:00.

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