WOAW40 EJRC 201818 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 IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF * ************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 20 OCT 2015 15:42:22 UTC (ABOUT 20 OCT 2015 19:03:09 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHAHAR MAHALL VA BAKHTIARI IN IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF. DEH DELI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ESFAHAN (164.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MASJED SOLEIMAN (89.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 31.8603 | 50.198 - COUNTRY: IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF - PROVINCE: KHUZESTAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 20 OCT 2015 15:42:22 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 20 OCT 2015 19:03:09 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: KAROON 3 (11.8 KM) - AIRPORTS: MASJED SOLEIMAN (89.1 KM), SHAHRE KORD (77.7 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: TUE, 20 OCT 2015 15:42:22 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2015 17:42:22 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2015 09:42:22 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2015 06:42:22 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 OCT 2015 22:42:22 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 20 OCT 2015 18:18:32 (156 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$AND;EPISODEID=1102817 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 8794793 1120 175 7121176 907 150 3450345 439 125 1972488 251 100 1327993 169 75 651072 83 50 297826 38 20 7284 1 10 1105 0 5 185 0 2 45 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 38 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 20 OCT 2015 19:03:09 LOCAL TIME. 20 OCT 2015 19:03:09 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1587 PPP$ (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 IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 116% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 4200 M. SINCE THIS IS A UNKNOWN SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS UNKNOWN. 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