WOAS40 EJRC 010511 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 AZERBAIJAN * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 01 AUG 2016 04:46:33 UTC (ABOUT 01 AUG 2016 07:59:06 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN. SORSOR THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: BEY (7.2 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: MOLLAKEND (1 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: EMSC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 40.11 | 48.14 - COUNTRY: AZERBAIJAN - PROVINCE: BAKU(REPUBLIC) - REGION: EASTERN CAUCASUS - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 01 AUG 2016 04:46:33 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 01 AUG 2016 07:59:06 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: MOLLAKEND (1 KM), KYURDAMIR (18.2 KM), KYURDAMIR CIVIL (25.1 KM), IMISHLY EAST (28.5 KM), (30.3 KM), IMISHLY (31.2 KM), KYURDAMIR NORTH (34.7 KM), KYURDAMIR NORTHEAST (45.3 KM), DOKSHIN (45.5 KM), BUNYADLY (49.4 KM), BYGYR (53.9 KM), KUBA KHALILLI (56.5 KM), ZHDANOVSK EAST (56.7 KM), MOSHKARA (57.9 KM), AGDZHABEDI (60.1 KM), ZHDANOVSK (60.4 KM), PARSSABAD (60.4 KM), KAZI MAGOMED (66.2 KM), (66.2 KM), (66.8 KM), NARIMANOVKA SOUTHWEST (69.1 KM), NARIMANOVKA SOUTH (72.8 KM), MURAV YEVKO (76.4 KM), TAZAKEND NORTH (76.9 KM), KARACHALA (77.1 KM), PUSHKINO (81.3 KM), (81.4 KM), ABONDONED PUSHKINO EAST (81.9 KM), PUSHKINO SOUTHWEST (82.6 KM), PUSHKINO SOUTH (83.9 KM) - PORTS: N/A 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: MON, 01 AUG 2016 04:46:33 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 AUG 2016 06:46:33 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 JUL 2016 22:46:33 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 JUL 2016 19:46:33 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 01 AUG 2016 11:46:33 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 01 AUG 2016 05:11:20 (24 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$AND;EPISODEID=1135467 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 7781289 991 175 5202406 662 150 4048409 515 125 2955314 376 100 1935650 246 75 1151440 147 50 483202 62 20 37553 5 10 16948 2 5 7338 1 2 148 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 62 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 01 AUG 2016 07:59:06 LOCAL TIME. 01 AUG 2016 07:59:06 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. AZERBAIJAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 459 PPP$ (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 AZERBAIJAN A LOW 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. 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