WOEE40 EJRC 252317 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 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA * ********************************************************** SUMMARY ON 25 OCT 2017 22:50:03 UTC (ABOUT 26 OCT 2017 00:00:07 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. DUGE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: DUGE (1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SARAJEVO BUTMIR (55.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 2 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 43.71 | 17.52 - COUNTRY: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - PROVINCE: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA() - REGION: NORTHWESTERN BALKAN REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 25 OCT 2017 22:50:03 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 26 OCT 2017 00:00:07 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SARAJEVO BUTMIR (55.7 KM), MOSTAR (59.9 KM), PLOCE (86 KM) - PORTS: MAKARSKA (75.1 KM), METKOVIC (81.5 KM), KARDELJEVO (85.2 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 25 OCT 2017 22:50:03 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 OCT 2017 00:50:03 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2017 16:50:03 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 25 OCT 2017 13:50:03 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 26 OCT 2017 05:50:03 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 25 OCT 2017 23:17:33 (27 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$AND;EPISODEID=1185136 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 4887132 622 175 4141659 527 150 3376871 430 125 2375888 303 100 1736507 221 75 972434 124 50 318644 41 20 41178 5 10 10067 1 5 4209 1 2 622 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 41 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 26 OCT 2017 00:00:07 LOCAL TIME. 26 OCT 2017 00:00:07 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1594 PPP$ (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 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA A LOW 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