WOAS40 EJRC 081434 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 08 JAN 2017 13:31:26 UTC (ABOUT 08 JAN 2017 18:20:18 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PUNJAB IN PAKISTAN. BHAIRO THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AHLI KAMBOH (7.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SAHIWAL (13.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 31.7936 | 72.2173 - COUNTRY: PAKISTAN - PROVINCE: PUNJAB(PROVINCE) - REGION: PAKISTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 08 JAN 2017 13:31:26 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 08 JAN 2017 18:20:18 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SAHIWAL (13.4 KM), SARGODHA (50.9 KM), FAISALABAD (87.8 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: SUN, 08 JAN 2017 13:31:26 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 JAN 2017 14:31:26 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 JAN 2017 07:31:26 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 JAN 2017 04:31:26 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 08 JAN 2017 21:31:26 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 08 JAN 2017 14:34:36 (63 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$AND;EPISODEID=1153363 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 50559324 6437 175 37405526 4763 150 27724512 3530 125 19553167 2490 100 10497512 1337 75 5729527 730 50 1631724 208 20 252002 32 10 60312 8 5 12701 2 2 585 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 208 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 08 JAN 2017 18:20:18 LOCAL TIME. 08 JAN 2017 18:20:18 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 508 PPP$ (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