WOEA40 EJRC 241052 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 ETHIOPIA * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 MAR 2018 10:27:32 UTC (ABOUT 24 MAR 2018 13:07:18 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF TIGRAY IN ETHIOPIA. AMENTILA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AMENTILA (13.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MAKALE (ALULA ABA NEGA) (46 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.2 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 13.4563 | 39.9417 - COUNTRY: ETHIOPIA - PROVINCE: TIGRAY(AUTONOMOUS REGION) - REGION: ETHIOPIA - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 MAR 2018 10:27:32 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 MAR 2018 13:07:18 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MAKALE (ALULA ABA NEGA) (46 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH N/A VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SAT, 24 MAR 2018 10:27:32 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAR 2018 11:27:32 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAR 2018 05:27:32 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAR 2018 02:27:32 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAR 2018 18:27:32 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 MAR 2018 10:53:00 (25 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$AND;EPISODEID=1204148 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 8962882 1141 175 6715305 855 150 5235996 667 125 3839195 489 100 2567964 327 75 1476889 188 50 563589 72 20 72702 9 10 18436 2 5 3015 0 2 439 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 72 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 MAR 2018 13:07:18 LOCAL TIME. 24 MAR 2018 13:07:18 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ETHIOPIA HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 112 PPP$ (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 ETHIOPIA A N/A 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