WOEW40 EJRC 301117 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 GREECE * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 30 MAR 2019 10:46:19 UTC (ABOUT 30 MAR 2019 12:15:53 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CENTRAL GREECE AND EVVOIA IN GREECE. GALAXÍDHION THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: GALAXÍDHION (1.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: LAMIA (54.9 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.2 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 38.3815 | 22.3939 - COUNTRY: GREECE - PROVINCE: CENTRAL GREECE AND EVVOIA(REGION) - REGION: GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 30 MAR 2019 10:46:19 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 30 MAR 2019 12:15:53 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: LAMIA (54.9 KM), ARAXOS (88.5 KM), DHOKIMION (91 KM), AGRINION (94.3 KM), TRIPOLIS (94.5 KM), MEGARA (96 KM), NEA ANCHIALOS (98.8 KM) - PORTS: GALAXIDHION (1.2 KM), ITEA (6.2 KM), ANTIKYRA (6.4 KM), LEVADHIA (9.5 KM), AIYION (30.2 KM), MOLOS (44.5 KM), DREPANO (47.3 KM), NAVPAKTOS (49 KM), AGHIOS KONSTANDINOS (58.7 KM), PATRAS (60.6 KM), AGIA MARINA (60.6 KM), STYLIS (61.7 KM), EUBOEA (66.6 KM), ACHLADI (67.9 KM), CORINTH (68.2 KM), KRIONERION (69.8 KM), ISTHMIA (75.1 KM), KATO AKHAIA (77.6 KM), LOUTRA AIDHIPSOU (78 KM), KALAMAKI (79.1 KM), AGIOI THEODOROI (79.4 KM), LARIMNA (80.5 KM), MESOLONGION (85.2 KM), ORMOS PTELEOU (87.3 KM), LIMNI (91.3 KM), MEGARA OIL TERMINAL (93.9 KM), TSINGELI (95.8 KM), NAVPLION (97 KM), MEGARA (98.5 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: SAT, 30 MAR 2019 10:46:19 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2019 11:46:19 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2019 05:46:19 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2019 02:46:19 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 MAR 2019 18:46:19 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 30 MAR 2019 11:17:18 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1254265 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 6728246 857 175 6480530 825 150 6042967 769 125 3709302 472 100 1153440 147 75 719931 92 50 191534 24 20 20386 3 10 6847 1 5 1997 0 2 1668 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 24 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 30 MAR 2019 12:15:53 LOCAL TIME. 30 MAR 2019 12:15:53 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 12652 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES GREECE 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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