WOAW40 EJRC 310912 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 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN * ************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 31 MAR 2016 07:15:20 UTC (ABOUT 31 MAR 2016 10:37:53 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHAHAR MAHALL VA BAKHTIARI IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN. DEH NOW PAIN THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ESFAHAN (135.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ZARRINSHAHR (90.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 33.38 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 31.8053 | 50.6376 - COUNTRY: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN - PROVINCE: CHAHAR MAHALL VA BAKHTIARI(PROVINCE) - REGION: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 MAR 2016 07:15:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 MAR 2016 10:37:53 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: KAROON 3 (51.6 KM) - AIRPORTS: ZARRINSHAHR (90.6 KM), SHAHRE KORD (57.8 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: THU, 31 MAR 2016 07:15:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 09:15:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 01:15:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2016 22:15:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 14:15:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 MAR 2016 09:12:10 (116 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$AND;EPISODEID=1123742 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7730432 984 175 6075295 774 150 5339905 680 125 2749363 350 100 1426144 182 75 886443 113 50 281254 36 20 30695 4 10 2051 0 5 350 0 2 40 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 36 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 MAR 2016 10:37:53 LOCAL TIME. 31 MAR 2016 10:37:53 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 116% 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: 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 WOSA40 EJRC 310912 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 CHILE * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 31 MAR 2016 07:53:28 UTC (ABOUT 31 MAR 2016 03:19:07 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ANTOFAGASTA IN CHILE. NO NEAREST POPULATED PLACES FOUND . THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: EL LOA (36.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 92.65 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): -22.6479 | -68.5852 - COUNTRY: CHILE - PROVINCE: ANTOFAGASTA(REGION) - REGION: NORTHERN CHILE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 MAR 2016 07:53:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 MAR 2016 03:19:07 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: EL LOA (36.8 KM), SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (53.3 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: THU, 31 MAR 2016 07:53:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 09:53:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 01:53:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2016 22:53:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAR 2016 14:53:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 MAR 2016 09:12:15 (78 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$AND;EPISODEID=1123747 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 220934 28 175 178892 23 150 171015 22 125 163419 21 100 154797 20 75 149446 19 50 131831 17 20 213 0 10 101 0 5 26 0 2 10 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 17 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 MAR 2016 03:19:07 LOCAL TIME. 31 MAR 2016 03:19:07 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CHILE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 5121 PPP$ (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 CHILE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 57% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 5949 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