WOEW40 EJRC 241754 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 ITALY * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 AUG 2016 17:46:11 UTC (ABOUT 24 AUG 2016 18:39:27 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MARCHE IN ITALY. SPELONGA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SPELONGA (1.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: L AQUILA PRETURO (41.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 5 M - DEPTH: 2 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 42.75 | 13.32 - COUNTRY: ITALY - PROVINCE: MARCHE(REGION) - REGION: CENTRAL ITALY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 AUG 2016 17:46:11 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 AUG 2016 18:39:27 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: L AQUILA PRETURO (41.1 KM), FOLIGNO (53.9 KM), SANT EGIDIO (76.6 KM), FALCONARA (96.3 KM) - PORTS: SAN BENEDETTO (50.9 KM), GIULIANOVA (53.5 KM), PORTO RECANATI (78.8 KM), FALCONARA (98 KM), ANCONA (98.2 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, 24 AUG 2016 17:46:11 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2016 19:46:11 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2016 11:46:11 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 AUG 2016 08:46:11 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 AUG 2016 00:46:11 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 AUG 2016 17:54:02 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1137713 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10894751 1387 175 9974397 1270 150 8408453 1071 125 4722982 601 100 2592830 330 75 1278026 163 50 379701 48 20 11480 1 10 2075 0 5 863 0 2 27 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 48 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 AUG 2016 18:39:27 LOCAL TIME. 24 AUG 2016 18:39:27 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ITALY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 ITALY A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS N/A% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS N/A M. SINCE THIS IS A LOW SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS LOW. 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