WOAW40 EJRC 021030 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 02 JUN 2021 09:40:28 UTC (ABOUT 02 JUN 2021 14:12:39 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.5 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SAMANGAN IN AFGHANISTAN. TAGHAN GOZAR THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: AIWANJ (6.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: KHOSHADI EAST (21.4 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.5 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 36.922 | 68.0465 - COUNTRY: AFGHANISTAN - PROVINCE: SAMANGAN(PROVINCE) - REGION: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 02 JUN 2021 09:40:28 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 02 JUN 2021 14:12:39 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: KHOSHADI EAST (21.4 KM), SHAARTUZ NORTHWEST (40.7 KM), BESH TIMUCH (46.7 KM), TERMEZ EAST (70.9 KM), DUSTI (75.4 KM), TERMEZ (77 KM), MAZAR I SHARIF (78.4 KM), KUNDUZ (82.2 KM), DZHARKURGAN EAST (82.8 KM), KOLKHOZABAD (89 KM), KAKAYDY (90.9 KM), VOROSHILOVABAD EAST (92.6 KM), GILYAMBOR (92.9 KM), SURKHANY (98.7 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 UNKNOWN HUMANITARIAN IMPACT. EVENT DATE UNIV. TIME: WED, 02 JUN 2021 09:40:28 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 JUN 2021 11:40:28 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 JUN 2021 03:40:28 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 JUN 2021 00:40:28 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 JUN 2021 16:40:28 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 02 JUN 2021 10:30:18 (49 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$AND;EPISODEID=1378408 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 13663481 1740 175 10358581 1319 150 8133977 1036 125 6141826 782 100 3468726 442 75 1152018 147 50 416719 53 20 24627 3 10 8564 1 5 1475 0 2 889 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 53 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 02 JUN 2021 14:12:39 LOCAL TIME. 02 JUN 2021 14:12:39 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. AFGHANISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 0 PPP$ (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