WOAW40 EJRC 251922 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. ************************************************ * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN AFGHANISTAN * ************************************************ SUMMARY ON 25 DEC 2015 19:14:46 UTC (ABOUT 25 DEC 2015 23:59:50 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BADAKHSHAN IN AFGHANISTAN. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ISHKASHIM (45.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: GEOFON - MAGNITUDE: 6.5 M - DEPTH: 191 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.46 | 71.27 - COUNTRY: AFGHANISTAN - PROVINCE: - REGION: AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 DEC 2015 19:14:46 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 25 DEC 2015 23:59:50 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ISHKASHIM (45.8 KM), CHITRAL (77.8 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 MEDIUM HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: FRI, 25 DEC 2015 19:14:46 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 DEC 2015 20:14:46 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 DEC 2015 13:14:46 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 DEC 2015 10:14:46 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 DEC 2015 03:14:46 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 DEC 2015 19:22:26 (7 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$AND;EPISODEID=1113110 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6764197.0 861 175 3691536.0 470 150 1929209.0 246 125 1245686.0 159 100 663629.0 84 75 294029.0 37 50 83709.0 11 20 11490.0 1 10 2991.0 0 5 1542.0 0 2 23.0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 11 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 25 DEC 2015 23:59:50 LOCAL TIME. 25 DEC 2015 23:59:50 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. AFGHANISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNKNOWN LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNKNOWN RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES AFGHANISTAN A N/A VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 96% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 7422.0 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