WOAS40 EJRC 021920 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 PAKISTAN * ******************************************** SUMMARY ON 02 NOV 2015 17:03:03 UTC (ABOUT 02 NOV 2015 21:41:09 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.6 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF PAKTIKA IN PAKISTAN. SPALIPON THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SPALIPON (12.8 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: ZHOB (69.6 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.6 M - DEPTH: 28.34 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 31.9807 | 69.5258 - COUNTRY: PAKISTAN - PROVINCE: FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL AREAS(PROVINCE) - REGION: PAKISTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 02 NOV 2015 17:03:03 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 02 NOV 2015 21:41:09 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: ZHOB (69.6 KM), WANA (35.9 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: MON, 02 NOV 2015 17:03:03 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 NOV 2015 18:03:03 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 NOV 2015 11:03:03 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 02 NOV 2015 08:03:03 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 03 NOV 2015 01:03:03 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 02 NOV 2015 19:20:23 (137 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$AND;EPISODEID=1104551 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 10658692 1357 175 7277618 927 150 4608921 587 125 2301024 293 100 1393568 177 75 736958 94 50 347455 44 20 25943 3 10 4208 1 5 945 0 2 238 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 44 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 02 NOV 2015 21:41:09 LOCAL TIME. 02 NOV 2015 21:41:09 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. PAKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 508 PPP$ (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 PAKISTAN A N/A VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 65% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 3440 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