WOXX40 EJRC 051604 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 NEPAL * ***************************************** SUMMARY ON 05 APR 2021 15:19:57 UTC (ABOUT 05 APR 2021 21:15:39 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAMCHI IN NEPAL. LONGTHU THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: DZONGSA DZONG (7.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: PARO (56.7 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 8.43 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 27.1529 | 88.9255 - COUNTRY: NEPAL - PROVINCE: SAMCHI(DISTRICT) - REGION: - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 05 APR 2021 15:19:57 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 05 APR 2021 21:15:39 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: PARO (56.7 KM), HASIMARA (66.6 KM), BAGHDOGRA (79 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: MON, 05 APR 2021 15:19:57 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2021 17:19:57 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2021 09:19:57 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2021 06:19:57 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 05 APR 2021 22:19:57 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 05 APR 2021 16:04:42 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1368700 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 44074328 5612 175 33101640 4215 150 22008222 2802 125 14286993 1819 100 8943697 1139 75 5014070 638 50 1321171 168 20 41747 5 10 9768 1 5 3451 0 2 1406 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 168 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 05 APR 2021 21:15:39 LOCAL TIME. 05 APR 2021 21:15:39 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. NEPAL HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 222 PPP$ (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 NEPAL 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