WONT40 EJRC 241133 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 ICELAND * ******************************************* SUMMARY ON 24 FEB 2021 10:49:01 UTC (ABOUT 24 FEB 2021 09:19:09 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.7 OCCURRED IN THE HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF REYKJAVIK IN ICELAND. KEFLAVÍK THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KEFLAVÍK (10.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL (13 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.7 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 64.0832 | -22.463 - COUNTRY: ICELAND - PROVINCE: REYKJAVIK(INDEPENDENT TOWN) - REGION: ICELAND - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 24 FEB 2021 10:49:01 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 24 FEB 2021 09:19:09 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL (13 KM), REYKJAVIK DOMESTIC (26 KM), BORGARFJORDUR EYSTRI (48.7 KM), SELFOSS (71.7 KM) - PORTS: KEFLAVIK-NJAROVIK (10.4 KM), STRAUMSVIK (20.9 KM), HAFNARFJORDUR (25.3 KM), REYKJAVIK (27 KM), SKERJAFJORDUR (27.4 KM), HVALFJORDUR (30.4 KM), AKRANES (33.1 KM), BORGARNES (56.7 KM), EYRARBAKKI (68.4 KM), STOKKSEYRI (73.8 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: WED, 24 FEB 2021 10:49:01 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 FEB 2021 11:49:01 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 FEB 2021 04:49:01 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 FEB 2021 01:49:01 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 FEB 2021 18:49:01 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 24 FEB 2021 11:33:06 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1360362 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 282099 36 175 279446 36 150 278033 35 125 272935 35 100 264760 34 75 261099 33 50 245251 31 20 19434 2 10 2537 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 31 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 24 FEB 2021 09:19:09 LOCAL TIME. 24 FEB 2021 09:19:09 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. ICELAND HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 30698 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE HIGH LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF HIGH RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES ICELAND 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