WOAW40 EJRC 252202 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 25 NOV 2015 21:17:18 UTC (ABOUT 26 NOV 2015 00:35:35 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KHUZESTAN IN IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF. BOLGOROS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BOLGOROS (4.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MASJED SOLEIMAN (28.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.4 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 31.9741 | 49.5721 - COUNTRY: IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF - PROVINCE: KHUZESTAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: WESTERN IRAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 NOV 2015 21:17:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 NOV 2015 00:35:35 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: KAROON (9.4 KM), MASJED SOLAYMAN (17.2 KM) - AIRPORTS: MASJED SOLEIMAN (28.7 KM), ELLA NORTH (65.9 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: WED, 25 NOV 2015 21:17:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2015 22:17:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2015 15:17:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 NOV 2015 12:17:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 NOV 2015 05:17:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 NOV 2015 22:02:34 (45 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$AND;EPISODEID=1108496 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6632325 844 175 5191948 661 150 3896432 496 125 2908498 370 100 1050580 134 75 732103 93 50 447290 57 20 49246 6 10 10868 1 5 2806 0 2 201 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 57 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 NOV 2015 00:35:35 LOCAL TIME. 26 NOV 2015 00:35:35 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1587 PPP$ (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 104% 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: THE SPECIFIED HYDRODAM INSTALLATIONS ARE NEAR 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