WOME40 EJRC 251858 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 CRETE, GREECE * ************************************************* SUMMARY ON 25 JAN 2017 18:50:51 UTC (ABOUT 25 JAN 2017 20:36:53 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.6 OCCURRED IN THE MODERATELY POPULATED REGION OF CRETE IN CRETE, GREECE. PALAÍKASTRON THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: PALAÍKASTRON (23.7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SITIA (37.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 5.6 M - DEPTH: 77 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 35.17 | 26.51 - COUNTRY: CRETE, GREECE - PROVINCE: CRETE(REGION) - REGION: CRETE, GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 JAN 2017 18:50:51 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 25 JAN 2017 20:36:53 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SITIA (37.4 KM), ESSEY (46.3 KM), KARPATHOS (64.7 KM) - PORTS: SITIA (35 KM), KASOS ISLAND (40.3 KM), AGHIOS NIKOLAOS (72.1 KM), IERAPETRA (72.6 KM), KARPATHOS ISLAND (74.7 KM), KHAMILI ISLAND (81.3 KM), OLIMBOS (88.3 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH NO VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 25 JAN 2017 18:50:51 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 JAN 2017 19:50:51 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 JAN 2017 12:50:51 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 JAN 2017 09:50:51 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 JAN 2017 02:50:51 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 JAN 2017 18:58:24 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1155189 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 446091 57 175 355923 45 150 150293 19 125 91741 12 100 74233 9 75 27335 3 50 20645 3 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 3 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 25 JAN 2017 20:36:53 LOCAL TIME. 25 JAN 2017 20:36:53 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CRETE, GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 CRETE, GREECE A NO 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