WOAS40 EJRC 051717 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 PAKISTAN * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 05 FEB 2019 16:47:09 UTC (ABOUT 05 FEB 2019 21:43:41 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.3 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AZAD KASHMIR PROVINCE IN PAKISTAN. SARAL BAIHK THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SARAL BAIHK (10.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CHILAS (37.8 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.3 M - DEPTH: 40.76 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 35.0785 | 74.1359 - COUNTRY: PAKISTAN - PROVINCE: AZAD KASHMIR PROVINCE(PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED) - REGION: NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 FEB 2019 16:47:09 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 05 FEB 2019 21:43:41 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CHILAS (37.8 KM), GILGIT (94.9 KM), MUZAFFARABAD (100.1 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 UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: TUE, 05 FEB 2019 16:47:09 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 FEB 2019 17:47:09 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 FEB 2019 10:47:09 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 FEB 2019 07:47:09 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 06 FEB 2019 00:47:09 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 FEB 2019 17:17:53 (30 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$AND;EPISODEID=1247631 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 27697323 3527 175 17761294 2261 150 12727996 1621 125 7187279 915 100 3006298 383 75 986260 126 50 256057 33 20 21267 3 10 2471 0 5 399 0 2 71 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 33 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 05 FEB 2019 21:43:41 LOCAL TIME. 05 FEB 2019 21:43:41 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 508 PPP$ (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 PAKISTAN 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