WOME40 EJRC 231840 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. ****************************************** * WHITE EARTHQUAKE ALERT IN TURKEY * ****************************************** SUMMARY ON 23 OCT 2015 18:29:40 UTC (ABOUT 23 OCT 2015 20:16:55 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF AEGEAN ISLANDS IN TURKEY. DOGANBEY THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: IZMIR (60.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SAMOS (31.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NOAIG - MAGNITUDE: 4 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.9373 | 26.8127 - COUNTRY: TURKEY - PROVINCE: IZMIR(REGION) - REGION: DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 23 OCT 2015 18:29:40 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 23 OCT 2015 20:16:55 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: TAHTALI (28.4 KM) - AIRPORTS: SAMOS (31.3 KM), EFES (46 KM), ADNAN MENDERES (47.4 KM) - PORTS: SIGACIK (26.8 KM), KARLOVASI (21.6 KM), ORMOS VATHI (26.9 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: FRI, 23 OCT 2015 18:29:40 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 OCT 2015 20:29:40 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 OCT 2015 12:29:40 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 23 OCT 2015 09:29:40 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 24 OCT 2015 01:29:40 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 23 OCT 2015 18:40:21 (10 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$AND;EPISODEID=1103246 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7342204 935 175 6602475 841 150 5889733 750 125 4932637 628 100 4278509 545 75 3223613 410 50 421275 54 20 20279 3 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 54 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 23 OCT 2015 20:16:55 LOCAL TIME. 23 OCT 2015 20:16:55 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. TURKEY HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 2965 PPP$ (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 TURKEY A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 64% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 1650 M. SINCE THIS IS A HIGH SLOPE, THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDES IS HIGH. 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