WOEE40 EJRC 220908 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 BULGARIA * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 22 MAY 2016 08:58:31 UTC (ABOUT 22 MAY 2016 10:32:03 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SOFIYA IN BULGARIA. MELNIK THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PERNIK (112.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PETRICH (22.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 4.4 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 41.6102 | 23.3859 - COUNTRY: BULGARIA - PROVINCE: SOFIYA(PROVINCE) - REGION: GREECE-BULGARIA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 MAY 2016 08:58:31 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 MAY 2016 10:32:03 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: TURIJA (61 KM), DOSSPAT (64.1 KM) - AIRPORTS: PETRICH (22.8 KM), (13.3 KM) - PORTS: AMFIPOLIS (98.5 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: SUN, 22 MAY 2016 08:58:31 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2016 10:58:31 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2016 02:58:31 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 MAY 2016 23:58:31 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAY 2016 15:58:31 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 MAY 2016 09:08:33 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1129011 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 8579276 1092 175 7054477 898 150 5368771 684 125 4033053 514 100 1404768 179 75 746273 95 50 294956 38 20 58497 7 10 7009 1 5 362 0 2 11 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 38 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 MAY 2016 10:32:03 LOCAL TIME. 22 MAY 2016 10:32:03 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. BULGARIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1414 PPP$ (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 BULGARIA A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 49% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2816 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: 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