WOAW40 EJRC 231406 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. ***************************************** * ORANGE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN IRAQ * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 23 AUG 2017 13:42:53 UTC (ABOUT 23 AUG 2017 16:42:46 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AS SULAYMANIYAH IN IRAQ. BARDAKOZ THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: RANIYAH (7 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BASHUR (62.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.6 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.1537 | 44.973 - COUNTRY: IRAQ - PROVINCE: AS SULAYMANIYAH(GOVERNORATE) - REGION: IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 23 AUG 2017 13:42:53 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 23 AUG 2017 16:42:46 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BASHUR (62.4 KM), KHANEK (64.6 KM), KIRKUK (93.6 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH HIGH VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 23 AUG 2017 13:42:53 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 AUG 2017 15:42:53 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 AUG 2017 07:42:53 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 AUG 2017 04:42:53 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 AUG 2017 20:42:53 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 23 AUG 2017 14:06:28 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1178308 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10755351 1369 175 8640276 1100 150 6205651 790 125 5242976 668 100 3822769 487 75 1002483 128 50 384411 49 20 139404 18 10 61959 8 5 1780 0 2 219 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 49 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 23 AUG 2017 16:42:46 LOCAL TIME. 23 AUG 2017 16:42:46 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. IRAQ HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNKNOWN LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNKNOWN RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES IRAQ A HIGH 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