WOAW40 EJRC 221200 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 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN * ************************************************************ SUMMARY ON 22 DEC 2019 11:27:29 UTC (ABOUT 22 DEC 2019 14:42:47 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KHUZESTAN IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. NOKHOWDKAR THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MAL-E TIT (4.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: DEZFUL (41.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 32.519 | 48.8291 - COUNTRY: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN - PROVINCE: KHUZESTAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: WESTERN IRAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 22 DEC 2019 11:27:29 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 22 DEC 2019 14:42:47 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: DEZFUL (41.7 KM), DEZFUL HIGHWAY STRIP (61.9 KM), ELLA NORTH (66.4 KM), MASJED SOLEIMAN (70.8 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: SUN, 22 DEC 2019 11:27:29 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 DEC 2019 12:27:29 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 DEC 2019 05:27:29 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 DEC 2019 02:27:29 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 22 DEC 2019 19:27:29 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 22 DEC 2019 12:00:28 (32 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$AND;EPISODEID=1286828 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9038804 1151 175 6651115 847 150 4863144 619 125 2706740 345 100 1477293 188 75 1179618 150 50 640422 82 20 9089 1 10 2582 0 5 1248 0 2 98 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 82 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 22 DEC 2019 14:42:47 LOCAL TIME. 22 DEC 2019 14:42:47 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 1587 PPP$ (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 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 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. 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