WOXX40 EJRC 292156 EARTHQUAKE ALERT MESSAGE NUMBER 001 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT FROM THE GLOBAL DISASTER ALERTS AND COORDINATION SYSTEM (WWW.GDACS.ORG). THE DISSEMINATION THROUGH GTS OF THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED AS GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF UN ACTIVITIES: IT IS A PILOT PROJECT BETWEEN WMO AND JRC TO TEST COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION CHANNELS OF VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS. ***************************************** * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN ITALY * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 29 AUG 2015 20:25:14 UTC (ABOUT 29 AUG 2015 21:13:57 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SICILIA IN ITALY. PALERMO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PALERMO (110.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: TRAPANI BIRGI (68.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 10.49 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 38.4762 | 12.1812 - COUNTRY: ITALY - PROVINCE: SICILIA(REGION) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 29 AUG 2015 20:25:14 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 29 AUG 2015 21:13:57 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: RUBINO (80.5 KM) - AIRPORTS: TRAPANI BIRGI (68.4 KM), PUNTA RAISI (86.7 KM) - PORTS: MARETTIMO ISLAND (58.5 KM), LEVANSO ISLAND (55.4 KM), TRAPANI (58.2 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SAT, 29 AUG 2015 20:25:14 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 AUG 2015 22:25:14 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 AUG 2015 14:25:14 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 29 AUG 2015 11:25:14 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 AUG 2015 03:25:14 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 29 AUG 2015 21:56:00 (90 MIN AFTER THE EVENT) SEE THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR LIVE NEWS COVERAGE (INCLUDING OCHA SITUATION REPORTS), THE FULL EARTHQUAKE REPORT IS AT HTTP://WWW.GDACS.ORG/REPORT.ASPX?EVENTTYPE=EQ$AND;EPISODEID=1093718 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2211424 282 175 1839393 234 150 1716364 219 125 1538028 196 100 504564 64 75 138795 18 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 0 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 29 AUG 2015 21:13:57 LOCAL TIME. 29 AUG 2015 21:13:57 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ITALY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 20174 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES ITALY A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 36% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1006 M. SINCE THIS IS A MEDIUM SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS MEDIUM. NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE SLOPE DATA IS NOT RELIABLE ON A LOCAL SCALE, WHILE LANDSLIDES DEPEND VERY MUCH ON LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: THERE ARE NO NUCLEAR FACILITIES NEARBY THE EPICENTER. - HYDRODAMS: THERE ARE NO HYDRODAM FACILITIES NEARBY THE EPICENTER. JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC-EC) - OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (UN-OCHA) ________________________________________ DISCLAIMER WHILE WE TRY EVERYTHING TO ENSURE ACCURACY, THIS INFORMATION IS PURELY INDICATIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY DECISION MAKING WITHOUT ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THE JRC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON GDACS WEBSITE. PLEASE REFER TO THE GDACS WEBSITE FOR SUBSCRIBING OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ALERT EMAIL OR SMS SERVICE. END OF EARTHQUAKE MESSAGE 001