WOAS40 EJRC 221150 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 TAJIKISTAN * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 22 MAR 2017 11:27:05 UTC (ABOUT 22 MAR 2017 16:14:43 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF DUSHANBE IN TAJIKISTAN. RIVAK THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: VODZH (9.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KHOROG AFLD (38.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 24.31 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.6554 | 71.9091 - COUNTRY: TAJIKISTAN - PROVINCE: DUSHANBE(REGION) - REGION: AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 MAR 2017 11:27:05 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 MAR 2017 16:14:43 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KHOROG AFLD (38.6 KM), VANCH (91.3 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 22 MAR 2017 11:27:05 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAR 2017 12:27:05 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAR 2017 06:27:05 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAR 2017 03:27:05 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 MAR 2017 19:27:05 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 MAR 2017 11:50:25 (23 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$AND;EPISODEID=1161400 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 1564832 199 175 1070428 136 150 603706 77 125 329057 42 100 209097 27 75 135787 17 50 95980 12 20 8927 1 10 1718 0 5 73 0 2 20 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 12 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 MAR 2017 16:14:43 LOCAL TIME. 22 MAR 2017 16:14:43 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TAJIKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 311 PPP$ (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 TAJIKISTAN A MEDIUM 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