WOEW40 EJRC 040848 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 GREECE * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 04 MAY 2016 08:40:47 UTC (ABOUT 04 MAY 2016 10:07:52 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CENTRAL GREECE AND EVVOIA IN GREECE. ANIÏ¿½DHA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: LÏ¿½RISA (101.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: AGRINION (47.2 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 4.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 38.8931 | 21.7735 - COUNTRY: GREECE - PROVINCE: CENTRAL GREECE AND EVVOIA(REGION) - REGION: GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 04 MAY 2016 08:40:47 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 04 MAY 2016 10:07:52 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: KREMASTA (20.2 KM), EVINOS (27.2 KM) - AIRPORTS: AGRINION (47.2 KM), DHOKIMION (43.3 KM) - PORTS: NAVPAKTOS (57.4 KM), AMFILOKHIA (48.6 KM) 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, 04 MAY 2016 08:40:47 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 MAY 2016 10:40:47 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 MAY 2016 02:40:47 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 MAY 2016 23:40:47 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 04 MAY 2016 15:40:47 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 04 MAY 2016 08:48:06 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1127315 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4986961 635 175 3049781 388 150 2390297 304 125 1954601 249 100 1266120 161 75 832340 106 50 202586 26 20 23657 3 10 16299 2 5 4132 1 2 35 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 26 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 04 MAY 2016 10:07:52 LOCAL TIME. 04 MAY 2016 10:07:52 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 12652 PPP$ (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 GREECE A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 66% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2344 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: 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