WOAS40 EJRC 132202 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 KAZAKHSTAN * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 13 MAR 2019 21:32:02 UTC (ABOUT 14 MAR 2019 02:07:54 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHIMKENT IN KAZAKHSTAN. KAZMINVODY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AMANGEL'DY (2.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ABAY BAZAR (5.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 41.409 | 68.9674 - COUNTRY: KAZAKHSTAN - PROVINCE: CHIMKENT(REGION) - REGION: CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 13 MAR 2019 21:32:02 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 14 MAR 2019 02:07:54 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ABAY BAZAR (5.4 KM), SARY AGACH (15.8 KM), TOGYZBAY (19.8 KM), TASHKENT VOSTOCHNY (31.2 KM), YANGI YUL (31.4 KM), DZHILGA SOUTH (31.9 KM), STEPNOYE WEST (36.9 KM), TASHKENT (37 KM), AITBUZUM EAST (42 KM), STEPNOYE EAST (42.7 KM), KALINOVKA / ANGREN (46.9 KM), TOY TEPA (48.9 KM), CHINAZ HIGHWAY STRIP (50 KM), CHARTAK (51.5 KM), CHIRCHIK (52.1 KM), ALHI (54.7 KM), SYRDAR NORTHWEST (59.4 KM), AK KURGAN (60.3 KM), ILICH NORTH (63.3 KM), SOLDATSKIY SOUTHEAST (68.9 KM), (69.7 KM), ILICH (73.1 KM), YANGITURMYSH (77.7 KM), SYRDARYA HIGHWAY AIRSTRIP SOUTHWEST (78.7 KM), AKKUM NORTH (80.1 KM), BAKHT SOUTHEAST (81.8 KM), (83.3 KM), MALEKSKAYA (84.3 KM), KARAKOY (84.4 KM), SHAGYR (85.5 KM), KUKARAL SEDMOY (86.3 KM), NADEZHDINSKOYE (87.3 KM), TAGANASSAY (91.1 KM), IMENI KIROVA (92.4 KM), IMENI CHKALOVA (94.9 KM), KARAKOY SOUTHWEST (94.9 KM), ZOLOTAYA ORDA (95 KM), KARAKOY SOUTHEAST (95.9 KM), PUTK SOTSIALIZMU (96 KM), TMENI TELMANA (98 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: WED, 13 MAR 2019 21:32:02 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAR 2019 22:32:02 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAR 2019 16:32:02 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 13 MAR 2019 13:32:02 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 14 MAR 2019 05:32:02 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 13 MAR 2019 22:02:36 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1252166 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 12782570 1628 175 10851147 1382 150 9189645 1170 125 7461862 950 100 5601901 713 75 4612601 587 50 3479377 443 20 448504 57 10 46766 6 5 7872 1 2 766 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 443 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 14 MAR 2019 02:07:54 LOCAL TIME. 14 MAR 2019 02:07:54 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. KAZAKHSTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1361 PPP$ (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 KAZAKHSTAN 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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