WOAW40 EJRC 021557 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. ****************************************** * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN TURKEY * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 02 DEC 2015 15:52:44 UTC (ABOUT 02 DEC 2015 17:45:57 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BALIKESIR IN TURKEY. BALIKESIR THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BALIKESIR (67.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: AKHISAR TSA (40.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 4.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.1463 | 28.3079 - COUNTRY: TURKEY - PROVINCE: BALIKESIR(PROVINCE) - REGION: TURKEY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 02 DEC 2015 15:52:44 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 02 DEC 2015 17:45:57 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: CAYGOREN (16.8 KM) - AIRPORTS: AKHISAR TSA (40.7 KM), AKHISAR (51.6 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, 02 DEC 2015 15:52:44 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 DEC 2015 16:52:44 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 DEC 2015 09:52:44 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 DEC 2015 06:52:44 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 DEC 2015 23:52:44 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 02 DEC 2015 15:57:28 (4 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$AND;EPISODEID=1109494 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12233352 1558 175 11003339 1401 150 9196090 1171 125 4802115 611 100 2388223 304 75 1338593 170 50 397770 51 20 51244 7 10 10025 1 5 962 0 2 215 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 51 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 02 DEC 2015 17:45:57 LOCAL TIME. 02 DEC 2015 17:45:57 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TURKEY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2965 PPP$ (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 TURKEY A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 53% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2040 M. SINCE THIS IS A MEDIUM SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS MEDIUM. 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