WOME40 EJRC 241020 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 TURKEY * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 SEP 2019 08:00:24 UTC (ABOUT 24 SEP 2019 09:53:23 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF ISTANBUL IN TURKEY. GEBZE THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SILIVRI (23.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: CORLU (40.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 40.8722 | 28.2498 - COUNTRY: TURKEY - PROVINCE: ISTANBUL(PROVINCE) - REGION: TURKEY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 SEP 2019 08:00:24 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 SEP 2019 09:53:23 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: CORLU (40.5 KM), ATATURK (48.9 KM), BANDIRMA (65.7 KM), SAMANDIRA (82.6 KM), SABIHA GOKCEN (89.3 KM), TUZLA (91.8 KM), BURSA (95.9 KM), YALOVA (97.3 KM) - PORTS: SILIVRI (22.1 KM), EREGLISI (26.3 KM), BUYUKCEKMECE (33.1 KM), AMBARLI (39.3 KM), IMRALI ISLAND (44.5 KM), BAKIRKOY (49.3 KM), BANDIRMA (60.8 KM), TEKIRDAG (62.5 KM), ISTANBUL (65.2 KM), ERDEK (65.3 KM), MARMARA ISLAND (65.8 KM), EDINCIK (66.7 KM), HAYDARPASA (67.2 KM), BURGAZ ADASI (69.2 KM), ERENKOY (69.5 KM), ANADOLU (72.4 KM), MUDANYA (74.3 KM), BUYUKADA (74.8 KM), TURKELI ISLAND (75.8 KM), SARIYER (76.3 KM), MALTEPE (76.8 KM), BEYKOZ (77 KM), KARTAL (79.4 KM), BORUSAN (87 KM), YALOVA (89.4 KM), TUZLA (90.8 KM), GEMLIK (90.9 KM), KARABIGA (95.1 KM), SARKOY (98.8 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: TUE, 24 SEP 2019 08:00:24 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 SEP 2019 10:00:24 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 SEP 2019 02:00:24 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 SEP 2019 23:00:24 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 SEP 2019 15:00:24 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 SEP 2019 10:20:22 (139 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$AND;EPISODEID=1271822 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 20667628 2631 175 18961145 2414 150 17898411 2279 125 16085999 2048 100 14181394 1806 75 9933840 1265 50 2146192 273 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 273 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 SEP 2019 09:53:23 LOCAL TIME. 24 SEP 2019 09:53:23 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TURKEY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2965 PPP$ (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 TURKEY 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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