WOME40 EJRC 202329 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 TURKEY * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 20 JUL 2017 23:23:49 UTC (ABOUT 21 JUL 2017 01:14:58 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.8 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MUGLA IN TURKEY. GÖLKÖY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ÇIFTLIKKÖY (4.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BODRUM IMSIK (16.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.8 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.89 | 27.79 - COUNTRY: TURKEY - PROVINCE: MUGLA(PROVINCE) - REGION: DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 20 JUL 2017 23:23:49 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 21 JUL 2017 01:14:58 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BODRUM IMSIK (16.9 KM), MILAS BODRUM (25.5 KM), KOS (47.4 KM), LEROS (64.8 KM), SAMOS (88.2 KM), DIAGORAS (88.6 KM), CILDIR (90.6 KM) - PORTS: BODRUM (7.4 KM), GULLUK (24.4 KM), KOS (26 KM), DODECANESE ISLAND (45.2 KM), KALIMNOS ISLAND (47.4 KM), YALI ISLAND (55.5 KM), NISIROS ISLAND (57.2 KM), SIMI ISLAND (57.7 KM), LAKKION (59.3 KM), LIPSOI ISLAND (68.9 KM), MEGALO KHORIO (69.3 KM), LIPSOI (71.3 KM), MARMARIS (71.6 KM), GOKOVA ISKELESI (72.5 KM), AKSAZ (81.4 KM), PITHAGORION (86 KM), KHALKI ISLAND (90.5 KM), ALIMNIA ISLAND (90.5 KM), ORMOS VATHI (91 KM), KUSADASI (92.7 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: THU, 20 JUL 2017 23:23:49 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JUL 2017 01:23:49 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 JUL 2017 17:23:49 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 JUL 2017 14:23:49 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JUL 2017 06:23:49 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 20 JUL 2017 23:29:25 (5 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$AND;EPISODEID=1174530 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7564371 963 175 6201797 790 150 2870940 366 125 1878891 239 100 1344157 171 75 526349 67 50 318728 41 20 92584 12 10 31761 4 5 2360 0 2 305 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 41 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 21 JUL 2017 01:14:58 LOCAL TIME. 21 JUL 2017 01:14:58 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TURKEY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (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 TURKEY 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. 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