WOAS40 EJRC 240414 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 BANGLADESH * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 24 OCT 2020 03:21:03 UTC (ABOUT 24 OCT 2020 09:29:56 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF CHITTAGONG IN BANGLADESH. TUIBANGADAM THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: MAYANIMUKH (6.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PATENGA (95.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 41.27 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 23.0338 | 92.2235 - COUNTRY: BANGLADESH - PROVINCE: CHITTAGONG(DIVISION) - REGION: INDIA-BANGLADESH BORDER REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 OCT 2020 03:21:03 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 OCT 2020 09:29:56 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PATENGA (95.4 KM), LENGPUI (98.1 KM), AIZWAL (98.7 KM) - PORTS: CHITTAGONG (89.9 KM) 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: SAT, 24 OCT 2020 03:21:03 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 OCT 2020 05:21:03 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 OCT 2020 21:21:03 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 OCT 2020 18:21:03 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 OCT 2020 10:21:03 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 OCT 2020 04:14:33 (53 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$AND;EPISODEID=1339397 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 60208153 7666 175 41073116 5230 150 29674794 3778 125 19631528 2500 100 12309442 1567 75 4057909 517 50 1138553 145 20 216921 28 10 92824 12 5 19850 3 2 1221 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 145 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 OCT 2020 09:29:56 LOCAL TIME. 24 OCT 2020 09:29:56 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. BANGLADESH HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 362 PPP$ (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 BANGLADESH 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