WOAW40 EJRC 211511 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 CYPRUS * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 21 JAN 2021 14:27:06 UTC (ABOUT 21 JAN 2021 16:41:56 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF LARNACA IN CYPRUS. ARSOS THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: TROULLI (8.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KINGSFIELD (1.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 68.47 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 35.0235 | 33.7103 - COUNTRY: CYPRUS - PROVINCE: LARNACA(DISTRICT) - REGION: CYPRUS REGION - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 21 JAN 2021 14:27:06 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 21 JAN 2021 16:41:56 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KINGSFIELD (1.4 KM), LARNACA (17.7 KM), GECITKALE (23.1 KM), ERCAN (24.9 KM), KORNOS HIGHWAY STRIP (30.5 KM), KOPHINOU HIGHWAY (33.4 KM), LAKATAMIA (36.4 KM), PINARBASHI (48.8 KM), AKROTIRI AB (81.7 KM), EPISKOPI (84 KM) - PORTS: DHEKELIA (6.5 KM), LARNACA (13.8 KM), VAROSHA (25 KM), FAMAGUSTA (25.1 KM), KALECIK (40.5 KM), KYRENIA (48 KM), VASSILIKO BAY (49.5 KM), MONI ANCHORAGE (61.6 KM), LIMASSOL (70.2 KM), CAPE GATA (79.6 KM), GEMIKONAGI (82 KM), AKROTIRI (82.6 KM) BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH LOW VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: THU, 21 JAN 2021 14:27:06 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JAN 2021 15:27:06 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JAN 2021 08:27:06 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JAN 2021 05:27:06 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 21 JAN 2021 22:27:06 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 21 JAN 2021 15:11:47 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1354149 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 2729793 348 175 1606028 204 150 1436659 183 125 1219749 155 100 1130328 144 75 1050657 134 50 738960 94 20 155743 20 10 32092 4 5 8698 1 2 1067 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 94 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 21 JAN 2021 16:41:56 LOCAL TIME. 21 JAN 2021 16:41:56 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. CYPRUS HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 13247 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE MEDIUM LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF MEDIUM RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES CYPRUS 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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