WOEW40 EJRC 251901 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 GREECE * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 25 OCT 2015 15:46:04 UTC (ABOUT 25 OCT 2015 17:14:19 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PELOPONNISOS IN GREECE. ZÏ¿½TOUNA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PÏ¿½TRAI (73.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: TRIPOLIS (33.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 9.36 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.5623 | 22.0626 - COUNTRY: GREECE - PROVINCE: PELOPONNISOS(REGION) - REGION: SOUTHERN GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 OCT 2015 15:46:04 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 25 OCT 2015 17:14:19 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: LADHON (16.9 KM) - AIRPORTS: TRIPOLIS (33.6 KM), KALAMATA (61.2 KM) - PORTS: KIPARISSIA (52.9 KM), MESSINI (59.3 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: SUN, 25 OCT 2015 15:46:04 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2015 16:46:04 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2015 10:46:04 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2015 07:46:04 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2015 23:46:04 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 OCT 2015 19:01:20 (195 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$AND;EPISODEID=1103481 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5929835 755 175 5526661 704 150 2315318 295 125 1432478 182 100 1106832 141 75 790509 101 50 170862 22 20 7014 1 10 1383 0 5 301 0 2 15 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 22 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 25 OCT 2015 17:14:19 LOCAL TIME. 25 OCT 2015 17:14:19 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 12652 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES GREECE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 66% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2360 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