WOAS40 EJRC 271225 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 PAKISTAN * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 27 NOV 2015 11:40:37 UTC (ABOUT 27 NOV 2015 16:36:26 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AZAD KASHMIR PROVINCE IN PAKISTAN. ISLAMABAD THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ISLAMABAD (155.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MUZAFFARABAD (75 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 25.12 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 34.9064 | 73.9552 - COUNTRY: PAKISTAN - PROVINCE: NORTH-WEST FRONTIER(PROVINCE) - REGION: PAKISTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 27 NOV 2015 11:40:37 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 27 NOV 2015 16:36:26 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MUZAFFARABAD (75 KM), CHILAS (57.8 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH N/A VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 27 NOV 2015 11:40:37 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2015 12:40:37 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2015 05:40:37 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2015 02:40:37 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 27 NOV 2015 19:40:37 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 27 NOV 2015 12:25:35 (44 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$AND;EPISODEID=1108703 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 26584410 3385 175 19885624 2532 150 11543458 1470 125 7751574 987 100 3916896 499 75 1045125 133 50 239824 31 20 15912 2 10 4457 1 5 238 0 2 70 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 31 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 27 NOV 2015 16:36:26 LOCAL TIME. 27 NOV 2015 16:36:26 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 508 PPP$ (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 PAKISTAN A N/A VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 112% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 7861 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