WOAS40 EJRC 200518 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 KYRGYZSTAN * ********************************************** SUMMARY ON 20 NOV 2015 04:45:53 UTC (ABOUT 20 NOV 2015 09:38:41 LOCAL TIME) AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 4.9 OCCURRED IN THE VERY HIGHLY POPULATED REGION OF OSH IN KYRGYZSTAN. BARDU THE NEAREST POPULATED PLACES ARE: KICHITALDYK (6.5 KM). THE CLOSEST CIVILIAN AIRPORT IS: OSH (43.3 KM). EARTHQUAKE EVENT CHARACTERISTICS - SOURCE: NEIC - MAGNITUDE: 4.9 M - DEPTH: 40.79 KM - LOCATION (LAT/LONG): 40.3744 | 73.2026 - COUNTRY: KYRGYZSTAN - PROVINCE: OSH(REGION) - REGION: KYRGYZSTAN - UTC/GMT (GREENWICH TIME): 20 NOV 2015 04:45:53 UTC - ESTIMATED LOCAL SOLAR TIME: 20 NOV 2015 09:38:41 ============================================================================================================ POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: - NUCLEAR PLANTS: N/A - HYDRODAMS: PAPANSKAYA (26.7 KM) - AIRPORTS: OSH (43.3 KM), OSH EAST (33.8 KM), TORTKUL (49.5 KM), OSH WEST (41.6 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: FRI, 20 NOV 2015 04:45:53 UTC EUROPEAN TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 NOV 2015 05:45:53 EAST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 NOV 2015 22:45:53 WEST AMERICA TIME OF THE EVENT: 19 NOV 2015 19:45:53 EAST ASIA TIME OF THE EVENT: 20 NOV 2015 12:45:53 THIS EMAIL REPORT WAS AUTOMATICALLY CREATED BY A COMPUTER AT: 20 NOV 2015 05:18:31 (32 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$AND;EPISODEID=1107541 FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PLEASE CONSULT THE GDACS VIRTUAL OSOCC: HTTP://VOSOCC.UNOCHA.ORG ============================================================================================================ POPULATION DENSITY NEAR EPICENTER (PEOPLE/KM2). RADIUS (KM) POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE/KM2) 200 9805968 1249 175 8388075 1068 150 7159588 912 125 5496242 700 100 3883756 494 75 1968450 251 50 943291 120 20 10772 1 10 3880 0 5 262 0 2 35 0 THE POPULATION IN THE 50 KM AREA OF THIS EARTHQUAKE IS 120 PEOPLE/KM2. ============================================================================================================ THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 20 NOV 2015 09:38:41 LOCAL TIME. 20 NOV 2015 09:38:41 RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY ---------------------------- RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY OF THE POPULATION TO COPE WITH A HAZARD. SINCE MUCH OF INVESTMENTS IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR QUICK RESPONSE IS RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE GDP PER CAPITA CAN BE USED AS A ROUGH INDICATOR OF RESILIENCE. KYRGYZSTAN HAS A GDP PER CAPITA OF 852 PPP$ (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 KYRGYZSTAN A LOW VULNERABILITY. ============================================================================================================ SECONDARY EFFECTS ----------------- PROBABILITY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: - LANDSLIDES: THE MAXIMUM SLOPE IN THE AREA OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS 75% AND THE MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS 5189 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