WOXX40 EJRC 240946 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 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN * ************************************************************* SUMMARY ON 24 MAY 2020 09:11:28 UTC (ABOUT 24 MAY 2020 12:34:34 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KOHKILUYEH VA BUYER AHMADI IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN. GANAVEH THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: DOW GONBADAN (3.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: GACH SARAN (7.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 30.3873 | 50.7777 - COUNTRY: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN - PROVINCE: KOHKILUYEH VA BUYER AHMADI(PROVINCE) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 MAY 2020 09:11:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 MAY 2020 12:34:34 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: GACH SARAN (7.4 KM), GORREH (63.1 KM), BEHBEHAN NORTHWEST (74.4 KM), BAHREGAN (78 KM), YASOUJ (81.5 KM) - PORTS: BANDAR E DEYLAM (70.7 KM), IMAM HASAN (78.6 KM), RAS BAHRGAN (84.7 KM), GANAVEH (95.4 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: SUN, 24 MAY 2020 09:11:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAY 2020 11:11:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAY 2020 03:11:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAY 2020 00:11:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 MAY 2020 16:11:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 MAY 2020 09:46:11 (34 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$AND;EPISODEID=1312195 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 5996936 764 175 3547028 452 150 2485913 317 125 1890981 241 100 1255875 160 75 663155 84 50 270729 34 20 113433 14 10 100426 13 5 85157 11 2 1685 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 34 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 MAY 2020 12:34:34 LOCAL TIME. 24 MAY 2020 12:34:34 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF UNDEFINED PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNDEFINED LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNDEFINED RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 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