WOEE40 EJRC 090225 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 SERBIA * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 09 JUN 2016 02:05:40 UTC (ABOUT 09 JUN 2016 03:32:30 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CARAS-SEVERIN IN SERBIA. CEREMOSNJA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BEOGRAD (105 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KOVIN (67.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 5 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 44.48 | 21.71 - COUNTRY: SERBIA - PROVINCE: SERBIA(COUNTY) - REGION: NORTHWESTERN BALKAN REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 09 JUN 2016 02:05:40 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 09 JUN 2016 03:32:30 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: IRON GATE 1 (68.6 KM) - AIRPORTS: KOVIN (67.8 KM), BOR (61.6 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH HIGH VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 09 JUN 2016 02:05:40 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 04:05:40 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 JUN 2016 20:05:40 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 JUN 2016 17:05:40 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 09 JUN 2016 09:05:40 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 09 JUN 2016 02:25:33 (19 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$AND;EPISODEID=1130620 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 11448474 1458 175 9271719 1181 150 7019252 894 125 5013946 638 100 2289536 292 75 1058702 135 50 313996 40 20 23405 3 10 10641 1 5 6691 1 2 1086 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 40 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 09 JUN 2016 03:32:30 LOCAL TIME. 09 JUN 2016 03:32:30 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. SERBIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 SERBIA A HIGH VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 44% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1738 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