WOAS40 EJRC 161517 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 NEPAL * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 16 SEP 2019 14:33:25 UTC (ABOUT 16 SEP 2019 19:56:15 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF MAHAKALI IN NEPAL. ATHPALI THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: ATHPALI (11.9 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: DARCHULA (21 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 29.7061 | 80.7118 - COUNTRY: NEPAL - PROVINCE: MAHAKALI(ZONE) - REGION: NEPAL-INDIA BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 16 SEP 2019 14:33:25 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 16 SEP 2019 19:56:15 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: DARCHULA (21 KM), BAITADI (33.1 KM), PITHORGARH (47.3 KM), BAJHANG (54.9 KM), SILGADI DOTI (55.4 KM), BAJURA (69.3 KM), SANFEBAGAR (71.7 KM), MAHENDRANAGAR (98.5 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH MEDIUM VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: MON, 16 SEP 2019 14:33:25 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2019 16:33:25 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2019 08:33:25 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2019 05:33:25 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 16 SEP 2019 21:33:25 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 16 SEP 2019 15:17:46 (44 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$AND;EPISODEID=1271660 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 22925589 2919 175 13537775 1724 150 8829179 1124 125 5175259 659 100 2892140 368 75 1827558 233 50 918168 117 20 172801 22 10 41098 5 5 12959 2 2 1266 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 117 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 16 SEP 2019 19:56:15 LOCAL TIME. 16 SEP 2019 19:56:15 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NEPAL HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 222 PPP$ (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 NEPAL A MEDIUM 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