WOEE40 EJRC 211651 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 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF * ****************************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 21 MAY 2016 16:33:08 UTC (ABOUT 21 MAY 2016 17:57:15 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MACEDONIA IN MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF. TIRANÏ¿½ THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TIRANÏ¿½ (100.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SRPCI (36.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 41.316 | 21.0317 - COUNTRY: MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF - PROVINCE: MACEDONIA() - REGION: NORTHWESTERN BALKAN REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 21 MAY 2016 16:33:08 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 21 MAY 2016 17:57:15 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: STREZEVO (23.3 KM) - AIRPORTS: SRPCI (36.5 KM), PRILEP (35 KM), DOLNENI (33.5 KM), OHRID (28.6 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: SAT, 21 MAY 2016 16:33:08 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 18:33:08 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 10:33:08 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 07:33:08 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 23:33:08 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 21 MAY 2016 16:51:43 (18 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$AND;EPISODEID=1128904 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10765974 1371 175 8915678 1135 150 7111332 905 125 5017108 639 100 2815859 359 75 1025702 131 50 502979 64 20 28616 4 10 3535 0 5 947 0 2 26 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 64 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 21 MAY 2016 17:57:15 LOCAL TIME. 21 MAY 2016 17:57:15 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1339 PPP$ (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 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 56% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2626 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 WOEE40 EJRC 211651 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 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF * ****************************************************************************** SUMMARY ON 21 MAY 2016 16:41:31 UTC (ABOUT 21 MAY 2016 18:05:38 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MACEDONIA IN MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF. BITOLA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BITOLA (43.3 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: OHRID (31.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 5 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 41.33 | 21.03 - COUNTRY: MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF - PROVINCE: MACEDONIA() - REGION: NORTHWESTERN BALKAN REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 21 MAY 2016 16:41:31 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 21 MAY 2016 18:05:38 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: STREZEVO (26.2 KM) - AIRPORTS: OHRID (31.3 KM), PRILEP (34.3 KM), SRPCI (37.9 KM), DOLNENI (31.6 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: SAT, 21 MAY 2016 16:41:31 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 18:41:31 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 10:41:31 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 07:41:31 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 23:41:31 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 21 MAY 2016 16:51:50 (10 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$AND;EPISODEID=1128912 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10876806 1385 175 8952877 1140 150 7335743 934 125 5094248 649 100 2796488 356 75 1144570 146 50 513486 65 20 47348 6 10 3617 0 5 1667 0 2 440 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 65 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 21 MAY 2016 18:05:38 LOCAL TIME. 21 MAY 2016 18:05:38 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1339 PPP$ (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 MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 56% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2626 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