WOAW40 EJRC 191003 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 AFGHANISTAN * *********************************************** SUMMARY ON 19 MAY 2021 09:19:13 UTC (ABOUT 19 MAY 2021 13:57:26 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF KAPISA IN AFGHANISTAN. AKAKHEL THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: NILAY (5.1 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: BAGRAM (33.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 17.55 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 34.7508 | 69.5558 - COUNTRY: AFGHANISTAN - PROVINCE: KAPISA(PROVINCE) - REGION: SOUTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 19 MAY 2021 09:19:13 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 19 MAY 2021 13:57:26 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: BAGRAM (33.6 KM), KABUL INTERNATIONAL (37.6 KM), KOTUBKHEL (72.7 KM), JALALABAD (94.7 KM) - PORTS: N/A BASED ON AN AUTOMATED IMPACT MODEL, THIS EARTHQUAKE, WHICH OCCURRED IN A REGION WITH N/A VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS, HAS POTENTIALLY A LOW HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 19 MAY 2021 09:19:13 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2021 11:19:13 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2021 03:19:13 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2021 00:19:13 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 MAY 2021 16:19:13 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 19 MAY 2021 10:03:39 (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$AND;EPISODEID=1375933 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 21885100 2786 175 15968485 2033 150 12677082 1614 125 10914599 1390 100 9263402 1179 75 7592572 967 50 5963838 759 20 143106 18 10 17044 2 5 2398 0 2 153 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 759 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 19 MAY 2021 13:57:26 LOCAL TIME. 19 MAY 2021 13:57:26 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. AFGHANISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (PARITY PURCHASING POWER DOLLAR, ABOUT 1 EURO) AND IS THEREFORE PART OF THE UNKNOWN LEVEL INCOME COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED IN AN AREA OF UNKNOWN RESILIENCE. BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF 9 INDICATORS, ECHO ATTRIBUTES AFGHANISTAN A N/A 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