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Tsunami

Earthquake in Japan

Processed on Mar 11th 2011
Disaster Information
Region: 
Honshu, all Japan coastline
Occurance Date: 
11/03/2011
latitude: 
38.322
longitude: 
142.369

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred at 2:46 pm on March 11, 2011 near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. Tsunami warnings are issued along the Pacific coast line.

Earthquake and Tsunami in Taiwan

Earthquake in Indonesia

Processed on Oct 26th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Earthquake in Indonesia
Region: 
Indonesia
Occurance Date: 
25/10/2010
latitude: 
-0.95373
longitude: 
100.352

At least 160 people are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami.

Earthquake in Indonesia

Activities of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESO) Disaster Management

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Disaster Type related

ESOA represents all European satellite operators.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

The UN-SPIDER Knowledge Management & Information Dissemination System

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”

Demo on the Space Application Matrix and geoinformation for disaster and risk management e.g. examples and best practices.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Interoperability is Key - The necessity of international standards and the OGC Emergency and Disaster Management

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Disaster Type related

Agenda
? Challenge
? Change
? Community
? Commonality

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

The Earth Observation and GIS communities fighting the climate crisis

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

The Planet Action Initiative: supporting projects addressing climate change issues and related disaster risk reduction and management.

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Policy perspectives for the use of satellite applications in Africa

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

Presentation Overview
1.Background and Aim of the ESPI Study
2.Study Methodology
3.Roundtable and Workshops
4.International and European Goals and Strategies
5.Mapping of Activities and Actors

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Research Project e-Triage, IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents

Event: 
Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”
Category: 
Human Aspects related

Research Project e-Triage: IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents.

e-Triage is a self-contained concept for electronic MCI management:
- Data collection
- Data management

Processed on Oct 22nd 2010

Tsunami in Tonga

Processed on Oct 5th 2009
Disaster Information
Name: 
Tsunami
Region: 
Tonga
Occurance Date: 
02/10/2009

Initial assessments indicate that 800 people have been displaced 76 homes have been destroyed There have been 9 confirmed deaths and a further 5 people in critical condition have been flown to Nuku

Tsunami in Tonga

Tsunami in Samoa and American Samoa

Processed on Sep 30th 2009
Disaster Information
Region: 
Samoa, American Samoa
Occurance Date: 
30/09/2009

A tsunami following an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off has caused some deaths in American Samoa , but there is no word of how many died, an official for the U.S.

Tsunami in Samoa, American Samoa