1. AN EARTHQUAKE (5.7 ON RICHTER SCALE) HIT PAKISTAN ON 25 OCTOBER 1994 AT 05.58HRS LOCAL TIME (00.55HRS GMT). EPICENTRE 300KM NORTH OF PESHAWAR.

2. EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT IN ISLAMABAD, RAWALPINDI, PESHAWAR, DERA ISMAIL KHAN, CHITRAL, GUJRANWALA, CHAKWAL, JHELUM, MUZAFFARABAD, ABBOTABAD, BANNU, KOHAT, MARDAN, NOWSHERA, GUJRAT AND SARGODHA.

3. SO FAR NO REPORTS RECEIVED ON POSSIBLE CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA +

TELEPHONE NO. +41-22/917.12.34

SITUATION

1.UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE INFORMS THAT ON 6-7 OCTOBER A MAJOR FLASH FLOOD HIT THE AREA OF PUNAKHA IN THE BHUTAN HIMALAYA REGION.

2.ACCESS TO THE REMOTE AND MOUNTAINOUS AREA IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. A HELICOPTER MISSION TO ASSESS DAMAGE HAD TO BE ABORTED AS IT COULD NOT SAFELY REACH THE SITE. A RECONNAISSANCE TEAM FIELDED BY FOOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISASTER STRUCK WILL NEED SIX TO TEN DAYS TO REACH THE FLASH FLOOD SITE.

3.ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION,

DHA-GENEVA 94/0390

VIETNAM - FLOODS
DHA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
7 OCTOBER 1994

1. HEAVY RAINS CAUSED RECORD LEVEL FLOODING OF MEKONG RIVER IN
EARLY SEPTEMBER, CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE IN MEKONG DELTA AREA. MOST
AFFECTED PROVINCES ARE DONG THAP, AN GIANG, LONG AN, TIEN GIANG,
KIEN GIANG, AND CAN THO.

2. CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM CONTROL REPORTED 172,426
FAMILIES AFFECTED AND 84 DEAD IN ABOVE SIX PROVINCES AS OF 30
SEPTEMBER. 14,033 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN, AND ADDITIONAL 34,602

DHA-GENEVA 94/0387

RUSSIAN FEDERATION/JAPAN/NORTH WEST PACIFIC - EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
05 OCT 1994

I. SITUATION

1. A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HAS STRUCK IN THE SOUTH KURILS ON 04 OCT 1994 AT 13.22 GMT (10.22 PM LOCAL TIME). THE MAGNITUDE WAS COMPUTED AT 8.2 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. PRELIMINARY HYPOCENTRE FOR THE EARTHQUAKE WAS KURIL ISLANDS, LATITUDE 44.0 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 147.4 DEGREES EAST. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS FOLLOWED BY A TSUNAMI THAT WENT THROUGH THE ZELENY (GREEN) ISLAND AND COVERED IT COMPLETELY.