WOAS40 EJRC 241452 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 PAKISTAN * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 NOV 2016 14:16:37 UTC (ABOUT 24 NOV 2016 19:07:42 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PUNJAB IN PAKISTAN. CHAK BELI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BALAWAL (7.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: FATEHJANG (36 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 35.02 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 33.2447 | 72.7709 - COUNTRY: PAKISTAN - PROVINCE: PUNJAB(PROVINCE) - REGION: PAKISTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 NOV 2016 14:16:37 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 NOV 2016 19:07:42 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: FATEHJANG (36 KM), MURID (36.8 KM), QASIM (42.3 KM), ISLAMABAD INTERNATIONAL (51.3 KM), BASAL (56.8 KM), CAMPBELLPORE (69 KM), KHEWRA (72.2 KM), KAMRA (77.1 KM), TARBELA DAM (83.3 KM), MANGLA (83.8 KM), TARBELA (99.7 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH N/A VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 24 NOV 2016 14:16:37 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 15:16:37 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 08:16:37 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 05:16:37 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 NOV 2016 22:16:37 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 NOV 2016 14:52:34 (35 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$AND;EPISODEID=1148062 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 55511105 7068 175 44594618 5678 150 31445529 4004 125 20476568 2607 100 13079387 1665 75 8451618 1076 50 3041538 387 20 246405 31 10 65852 8 5 20401 3 2 1109 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 387 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 NOV 2016 19:07:42 LOCAL TIME. 24 NOV 2016 19:07:42 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 508 PPP$ (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 PAKISTAN A N/A 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