WOME40 EJRC 010920 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 GREECE * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 01 FEB 2021 08:35:18 UTC (ABOUT 01 FEB 2021 10:19:43 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AEGEAN ISLANDS IN GREECE. PARAKOILA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: POLÍKHNITOS (6.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: POLIKHNITOS (8.5 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.2 M - DEPTH: 7.16 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.0511 | 26.1067 - COUNTRY: GREECE - PROVINCE: AEGEAN ISLANDS(REGION) - REGION: TURKEY - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 FEB 2021 08:35:18 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 FEB 2021 10:19:43 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: POLIKHNITOS (8.5 KM), MYTILENE (42.6 KM), CHIOS (78.5 KM), OLIMBOI (91.5 KM), CIGLI MILITARY AIRPORT (96.2 KM), EDREMIT KORFEZ (96.3 KM), CIGLI (98.7 KM) - PORTS: KOLPIS KALLONIS (3.9 KM), PLOMARION (24 KM), SIGRI (28.2 KM), MITHIMNA (33.7 KM), MITILENE (40.6 KM), MARMARON (55.2 KM), AYVALIK (58.6 KM), ORMOS KOLOKITHIAS (63.2 KM), PSARA (66.8 KM), DIKILI (67.9 KM), ANDIPSARA ISLAND (74.1 KM), KHIOS (76.2 KM), NEMRUT BAY (76.5 KM), FOCA (76.9 KM), ALIAGA (77 KM), CESME (82.3 KM), BOZCAADA (87.1 KM), ALACATI (92 KM), AKCAY (92.3 KM), TAVSAN ADASI (98.3 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: MON, 01 FEB 2021 08:35:18 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 FEB 2021 09:35:18 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 FEB 2021 02:35:18 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 JAN 2021 23:35:18 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 FEB 2021 16:35:18 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 FEB 2021 09:21:04 (45 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$AND;EPISODEID=1355990 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7253509 924 175 6090592 775 150 5103807 650 125 4211144 536 100 961505 122 75 297985 38 50 88125 11 20 10441 1 10 3876 0 5 239 0 2 9 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 11 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 FEB 2021 10:19:43 LOCAL TIME. 01 FEB 2021 10:19:43 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. GREECE HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 12652 PPP$ (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 GREECE 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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