WOEW40 EJRC 060106 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 ITALY * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 06 OCT 2018 00:34:20 UTC (ABOUT 06 OCT 2018 01:34:25 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SICILIA IN ITALY. CASA LANDOLINA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: CASA LANDOLINA (1.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CATANIA FONTANAROSSA (9.1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 7.74 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.5412 | 15.022 - COUNTRY: ITALY - PROVINCE: SICILIA(REGION) - REGION: SICILY, ITALY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 06 OCT 2018 00:34:20 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 06 OCT 2018 01:34:25 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CATANIA FONTANAROSSA (9.1 KM), SIGONELLA (17.9 KM), COMISO (70.8 KM), TITO MENNITI (81 KM) - PORTS: CATANIA (8.8 KM), ACIREALE (13.7 KM), RIPOSTO (27 KM), AUGUSTA (38.4 KM), TAORMINA (41.2 KM), MAGHISI (46.4 KM), MELILLI (52.3 KM), SIRACUSA (58.5 KM), MILAZZO (77.3 KM), MELITO (82.9 KM), REGGIO CALABRIA (84.6 KM), MESSINA (85.2 KM), GELA (87.6 KM), VILLA SAN GIOVANNI (91.4 KM), POZZALLO (92.4 KM), SCILLA (93.2 KM), VULCANO ISLAND (97 KM), CAPE PASSERO (97.6 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: SAT, 06 OCT 2018 00:34:20 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 OCT 2018 02:34:20 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 OCT 2018 18:34:20 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 OCT 2018 15:34:20 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 OCT 2018 07:34:20 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 06 OCT 2018 01:06:38 (32 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$AND;EPISODEID=1230725 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6257490 797 175 5364389 683 150 4258926 542 125 3702688 471 100 3260686 415 75 2087374 266 50 1287329 164 20 806392 103 10 552349 70 5 166262 21 2 14941 2 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 164 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 06 OCT 2018 01:34:25 LOCAL TIME. 06 OCT 2018 01:34:25 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ITALY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 20174 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES ITALY 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. 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