WOAS40 EJRC 110338 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 11 MAY 2017 03:24:21 UTC (ABOUT 11 MAY 2017 06:38:45 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.1 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN. POKROVKA THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SEVERSKOYE (4.4 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: DOKSHIN (7.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 5.1 M - DEPTH: 62.74 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 39.8651 | 48.6019 - COUNTRY: AZERBAIJAN - PROVINCE: BAKU(REPUBLIC) - REGION: ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 11 MAY 2017 03:24:21 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 11 MAY 2017 06:38:45 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: DOKSHIN (7.3 KM), (19.2 KM), KAZI MAGOMED (31.3 KM), KARACHALA (31.5 KM), KHALADZH (39.1 KM), ABONDONED PUSHKINO EAST (40.7 KM), SALYANY (41 KM), IMISHLY EAST (42.9 KM), SALYANY SOUTHWEST (44.1 KM), MURAV YEVKO (45.6 KM), SARVAN (45.8 KM), NARIMANOVKA SOUTH (46.4 KM), NARIMANOVKA SOUTHWEST (46.4 KM), PUSHKINO (46.5 KM), MOLLAKEND (48.4 KM), IMISHLY (49.1 KM), PUSHKINO SOUTH (50.7 KM), TAZAKEND NORTH (51.8 KM), PUSHKINO SOUTHWEST (52.3 KM), ASHAGY SURRA (55 KM), KYURDAMIR (58.3 KM), PIRSAGAT (63.2 KM), KYURDAMIR CIVIL (64.8 KM), PARSSABAD (68.2 KM), BUNYADLY (68.4 KM), KYURDAMIR NORTH (70.8 KM), KYURDAMIR NORTHEAST (74.8 KM), MOSHKARA (77.2 KM), SANGACHALY (78.6 KM), PRISHIB (81.5 KM), NARIMANOVKA SOUTH (90.4 KM), KUBA KHALILLI (92.4 KM), KYZYLAGADZH (96.7 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: THU, 11 MAY 2017 03:24:21 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 MAY 2017 05:24:21 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAY 2017 21:24:21 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 10 MAY 2017 18:24:21 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 11 MAY 2017 10:24:21 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 11 MAY 2017 03:38:31 (14 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$AND;EPISODEID=1167364 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 8399673 1069 175 6732256 857 150 4483648 571 125 2486522 317 100 1850836 236 75 1130557 144 50 526151 67 20 84889 11 10 19460 2 5 5678 1 2 469 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 67 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 11 MAY 2017 06:38:45 LOCAL TIME. 11 MAY 2017 06:38:45 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. AZERBAIJAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 459 PPP$ (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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