WOAS40 EJRC 140924 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. ******************************************* * GREEN EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN GEORGIA * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 14 SEP 2015 09:07:45 UTC (ABOUT 14 SEP 2015 11:52:32 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KARACHAYEVO-CHERKESSKAYA RESP. IN GEORGIA. KELASURI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SUKHUMI (32.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PSKHU (35.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: KOERI - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 4 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 43.2538 | 41.1983 - COUNTRY: GEORGIA - PROVINCE: ABKHAZIA(REPUBLIC) - REGION: WESTERN CAUCASUS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 14 SEP 2015 09:07:45 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 14 SEP 2015 11:52:32 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: INGURI (87.1 KM) - AIRPORTS: PSKHU (35.2 KM), BABUSHERI (44.3 KM) - PORTS: PSIRTSKHA (34 KM), SOKHUMI (35.1 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: MON, 14 SEP 2015 09:07:45 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 SEP 2015 11:07:45 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 SEP 2015 03:07:45 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 SEP 2015 00:07:45 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 SEP 2015 16:07:45 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 14 SEP 2015 09:24:00 (16 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$AND;EPISODEID=1096683 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5357328 682 175 3501682 446 150 2149699 274 125 1237988 158 100 737731 94 75 384488 49 50 176078 22 20 2539 0 10 494 0 5 90 0 2 15 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 22 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 14 SEP 2015 11:52:32 LOCAL TIME. 14 SEP 2015 11:52:32 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GEORGIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 454 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE LOW LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF LOW RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES GEORGIA A MEDIUM VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 80% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 5166 M. SINCE THIS IS A HIGH SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS HIGH. 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