WOAF40 EJRC 311915 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 ALGERIA * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 31 MAY 2016 17:35:14 UTC (ABOUT 31 MAY 2016 17:49:15 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BLIDA IN ALGERIA. MOSBAHA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: EL-JAZAIR (52.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: HOUARI BOUMEDIENE (36.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 13.21 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.458 | 3.5053 - COUNTRY: ALGERIA - PROVINCE: BOUIRA(PROVINCE) - REGION: NORTHERN ALGERIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 31 MAY 2016 17:35:14 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 MAY 2016 17:49:15 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: HAMIZ (21.3 KM), KEDDARA (23 KM), LEKHAL (28.7 KM) - AIRPORTS: HOUARI BOUMEDIENE (36.8 KM), BOUFARIK (57.2 KM) - PORTS: DELLYS (61.5 KM), ALGER (53.7 KM), ALGIERS (60 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: TUE, 31 MAY 2016 17:35:14 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAY 2016 19:35:14 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAY 2016 11:35:14 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 MAY 2016 08:35:14 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 JUN 2016 00:35:14 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 31 MAY 2016 19:15:33 (100 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$AND;EPISODEID=1129826 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 14165607 1804 175 12520065 1594 150 10964155 1396 125 9621177 1225 100 8326178 1060 75 7092305 903 50 3579526 456 20 243612 31 10 38534 5 5 5108 1 2 399 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 456 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 MAY 2016 17:49:15 LOCAL TIME. 31 MAY 2016 17:49:15 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ALGERIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1569 PPP$ (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 ALGERIA A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 68% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 2216 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