WOAS40 EJRC 302118 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 UZBEKISTAN * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 30 JUL 2017 20:56:09 UTC (ABOUT 31 JUL 2017 01:28:49 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF SURKHANDAR'YA IN UZBEKISTAN. AK-MECHET' THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: SARY-KHALKA (7.6 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: SHURCHI NORTH (34.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 10 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 37.9661 | 68.1668 - COUNTRY: UZBEKISTAN - PROVINCE: SURKHANDAR'YA(REGION) - REGION: AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 30 JUL 2017 20:56:09 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 31 JUL 2017 01:28:49 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: N/A - AIRPORTS: SHURCHI NORTH (34.3 KM), SHURCHI WEST (36.4 KM), DENAU (37.3 KM), DENAU SOUTHWEST (37.6 KM), DENAU NORTH (45.2 KM), DUSMAN TYUBE (48.5 KM), KYZYLKALA (48.7 KM), GALYABITA EAST (49.8 KM), ZARGAR (50 KM), SARIASIVA (52.8 KM), OBI KIIK (55.7 KM), OBI-KIIK (56.3 KM), KUYBYSHEVSKIY (57.6 KM), SURKHANY (59.2 KM), KURGAN TYUBE NORTH (62.3 KM), OKTYABRSK NORTHEAST (62.9 KM), KOLKHOZABAD (63.5 KM), KAPYR TEPE (64.3 KM), KAKAYDY (68.7 KM), GISSAR SOUTH (70.2 KM), BESH TIMUCH (70.6 KM), GISSAR (75.1 KM), SHAARTUZ NORTHWEST (75.7 KM), VOROSHILOVABAD EAST (77.2 KM), DZHARKURGAN EAST (79.5 KM), DUSTI (80.2 KM), DUSHANBE (86.2 KM), KHOSHADI EAST (95.9 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: SUN, 30 JUL 2017 20:56:09 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 JUL 2017 22:56:09 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 JUL 2017 14:56:09 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 30 JUL 2017 11:56:09 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 31 JUL 2017 03:56:09 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 30 JUL 2017 21:18:27 (22 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$AND;EPISODEID=1175869 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 11606616 1478 175 8694727 1107 150 7063392 899 125 5826635 742 100 4704040 599 75 2454234 312 50 614361 78 20 10628 1 10 1193 0 5 253 0 2 28 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 78 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 31 JUL 2017 01:28:49 LOCAL TIME. 31 JUL 2017 01:28:49 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. UZBEKISTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 759 PPP$ (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 UZBEKISTAN 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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