GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters.

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Earthquakes

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 Japan  (6M)
20 May  07:19UTC
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 Italy  (6.1M)
20 May  02:03UTC
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 Chile  (6.2M)
18 May  02:00UTC
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 Papua New Guinea  (6M)
16 May  00:59UTC

Tropical cyclones

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ALBERTO-12 Off shore  (83.7km/h)
20 May  09:00UTC
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ALETTA-12 Off shore  (74km/h)
19 May  15:00UTC

Floods

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 Tanzania  (5.3)
16 May  00:00UTC
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 Georgia  (4.9)
16 May  00:00UTC
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 Afghanistan  (4.9)
16 May  00:00UTC
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 China  (7.2)
16 May  00:00UTC
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 Kenya  (5.7)
16 May  00:00UTC

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News about GDACS

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Annual GDACS meeting 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon

17 Apr  00:00UTC
5-Jun-2012 to 7-Jun-2012. The purpose of the meeting is to review latest developments of GDACS and to discuss challenges and possible solutions to improve information management and decision making in major sudden-onset disasters. See Virtual OSOCC for more information and registration.

Reports and maps on the Indonesia event

13 Apr  00:00UTC

Two reports and one map have been prepared by JRC to describe the event and to explain the reason for the Red Alert when a much lower impact was occurring.

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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. Last 24 hours events are highlighted in yellow. Small earthquakes are shown as green boxes.

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Satellite maps. Rapid post-disaster maps from various sources.

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Beta products. Social media, flood monitoring

GDACS platform. Resources for developers

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