WOEW40 EJRC 030044 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 03 NOV 2016 00:35:04 UTC (ABOUT 03 NOV 2016 01:27:44 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MARCHE IN ITALY. CASTEL SAN VENANZO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CASTEL SAN VENANZO (1.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: FOLIGNO (47.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 5.4 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 43.19 | 13.17 - COUNTRY: ITALY - PROVINCE: MARCHE(REGION) - REGION: CENTRAL ITALY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 03 NOV 2016 00:35:04 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 03 NOV 2016 01:27:44 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: FOLIGNO (47.1 KM), FALCONARA (49.8 KM), SANT EGIDIO (54.7 KM), FANO (71.5 KM), L AQUILA PRETURO (90.7 KM) - PORTS: PORTO RECANATI (46.5 KM), FALCONARA (52.6 KM), ANCONA (55.3 KM), SENIGALLIA (59 KM), SAN BENEDETTO (64.4 KM), FANO (75.4 KM), PESARO (83.2 KM), CATTOLICA (94 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: THU, 03 NOV 2016 00:35:04 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 NOV 2016 01:35:04 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 NOV 2016 19:35:04 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 NOV 2016 16:35:04 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 NOV 2016 08:35:04 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 03 NOV 2016 00:44:38 (9 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$AND;EPISODEID=1145383 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10855958 1382 175 9112529 1160 150 5084378 647 125 3429114 437 100 2677291 341 75 1569973 200 50 563384 72 20 68759 9 10 17357 2 5 5066 1 2 141 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 72 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 03 NOV 2016 01:27:44 LOCAL TIME. 03 NOV 2016 01:27:44 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ITALY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 20174 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH 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